Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Archive NORTHERN IRELAND (23009314 SIG

NORTHERN IRELAND (23009314 SIG

the 27th Brigade held their positions into the afternoon before the Australians were finally withdrawn to positions in the rear of the brigade

It had also been awarded to foreign military personnel in the First and Second World War

number impressed "3254" on the reverse

according to oral testimony collected by Rene Fumoleau some years later

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Archive NORTHERN IRELAND (23009314 SIG(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