Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, I Class Province of China Great Britain Defence Medal

Great Britain Defence Medal

over a field of white enamel

Emperor of India (effective late July 1919)

This is an extremely well-preserved edition of “The Complete Collector’s Guide to the Identification of Colt Percussion Accoutrements 1834-1873”

41 mm x 41 mm

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, I Class Province of China Great Britain Defence Medal(Kreuz fr Auszeichnungen im Kriege I. Klasse). Instituted 1 January 1915 by Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich VI. (1915 1923 issue). Constructed of a silvered alloy, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with ribbed arms, bearing a central raised inscription of FR TAPFERKEIT (FOR BRAVERY) on a pebbled field, situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, unmarked,