Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Houseorder Of The Wendish Crown, Knight’s Cross, C.1914 Hold abbreviated NS

abbreviated NS

In silver gilt with red enameled feathers and facial features

the two ends of the sweatband meeting together at the rear and finished with a beige bow-tied ribbon

Signed by Court Marshal Georg von Kanitz (1842–1922)

in French and English

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Houseorder Of The Wendish Crown, Knight’s Cross, C.1914 Hold abbreviated NS(Hausorden der Wendischen Krone Ritterkreuz). Issued 1864 1918. A Gold Maltese cross with white enameled arms, with silver gilt griffons between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central blue enameled medallion bearing the Wendish Crown, surrounded by a red ring of enamels, inscribed AVITO VIRET HONORE (Latin It blooms in Honour); the reverse with a large central blue enameled medallion bearing the Royal Monogram of Friedrich Wilhelm in gold;