Mecklenburg-Schwerin. A House Order Of The Wendisch Crown, Grand Cross Sash Badge Auction Archive on a full-length neck ribbon

on a full-length neck ribbon

measuring 130 mm in diameter in the housing (148

with small ball finials

These are Grand Cross

Mecklenburg-Schwerin. A House Order Of The Wendisch Crown, Grand Cross Sash Badge Auction Archive on a full-length neck ribbon(Hausorden der Wendischen Krone, Grokreuz). Issued 1864 1918. A large Maltese cross constructed of silver gilt, with white enameled arms, and lions between each of the arms of the cross; the the obverse with a central medallion of blue enamels, with a raised silver gilt Wendish crown, surrounded by a ring of red enamels, inscribed Per Aspera Ad Astra (Latin Through Struggle to the Light) in silver gilt capital letters; the reverse with a central