Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Commander’s Star consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: Awarded for 600 flying

Footnote: Awarded for 600 flying hours

measuring 23 mm x 25 mm

from Africaine on March 18

and local levels were invited to propose the names of candidates for the medal

but without any surface wear or pitting of any kind

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Commander’s Star consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: Awarded for 600 flying(Greifenorden Bruststern zum Komturkreuz). Instituted 15 September 1884 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV and Adolf Friedrich V. (1884 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt and enamels, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst with shortened diagonal rays, bearing a central raised and gilded griffin, set within a circular red enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of ALTIOR ADVERSIS (AGAINST ALL ODDS) joined together at the