Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Officer’s 25-Year Service Cross In Gold, C.1860 United Republic of He is wearing a WWI

He is wearing a WWI wound badge

a hook at the pointed right end

The NES provides funding for New York City students attending colleges and universities in New England

with two coated metal springs on the interior of the scabbard

the other title in browning brass

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Officer’s 25-Year Service Cross In Gold, C.1860 United Republic of He is wearing a WWI(Militr Dienstkreuz fr Offiziere nach 25 Dienstjahren in Gold). Instituted 30 April 1841 by Grand Duke Paul Friedrich. (1841 1872 issue). Constructed of Gold, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed borders, the obverse with a central medallion bearing a monogram of Grand Duke Paul Friedrich, the reverse with an analogous medallion bearing a number 25 in Roman numerals, unmarked, measuring 35. 23