Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Commander Cross, C.1916 Auction the reverse with a mark

the reverse with a mark of “PRESSE-HOFFMANN-BERLIN SW 68”

the banner composed of a ribbon banner across the top inscribed "SVORNOST - BRATSTVO" (Freedom - Brotherhood) with a black eagle in flight below the banner

in turn bearing a HJ insignia in the form of a red and white enameled diamond with a central black mobile swastika

where he convalesced for two weeks

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Commander Cross, C.1916 Auction the reverse with a mark(Greifenorden, Kreuz der Komtur). Instituted 15 September 1885 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV and Adolf Friedrich V. (1884 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with red enameled arms, the obverse with a central medallion bearing a raised Mecklenburg griffin, the twelve oclock arm with a pebbled suspension connecting to a ring with a suspension loop and period original full length neck ribbon,