Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order of the Griffin, Commander’s Cross with Case, by Heinrich Rose consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the Collar Badge presenting as

the Collar Badge presenting as a Ruppert Cross with a silver gilt frame and white enamelled arms trimmed with black enameled borders

measuring 214 mm (w) x 214 mm (l) x 70 mm (h)

measuring 185 mm (l)x 247 mm (w) x 80 mm (h)

5 mm (w) x 48 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension

the obverse with an oval gold disc depicting St

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order of the Griffin, Commander’s Cross with Case, by Heinrich Rose consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the Collar Badge presenting as(Greifenorden Kreuz der Komture und Grokomtur mit Etui). Instituted 15 September 1884 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. (1884 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with red enameled arms demonstrating a rich hatching, the obverse overlaid by a central medallion bearing a raised Mecklenburg royal Griffin, situated within a circular ring, the twelve oclock arm topped by a pebbled fan perforated with a