Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Hold was commissioned as a 2nd

was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on February 6

the outstanding professional skill

with the support of troops from the 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion

the front designed with two large and deep pockets at the waist

white and green enamelled insignia bearing a painted image of the Virgin Mary

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Hold was commissioned as a 2nd(Kreuz fr Auszeichnung im Kriege I. Klasse). Instituted 1 January 1915 by Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich IV. (1915 1923 issue). Constructed of silver on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed monogram of Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich IV, the six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of TAPFER UND TREU (BRAVERY AND