Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order of the Griffin, Knight visually-hidden The interior of the collar

The interior of the collar features a label with a machine-embroidered red size mark of “42”

For his actions

the upper and lower ends of the wreath are two scrolls

above a commemorative Latin inscription for the year 1786

marked with logo of maker Karl Wurster

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order of the Griffin, Knight visually-hidden The interior of the collar(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