Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Honour Cross, by H.Rose, c.1915 Auction on gold ring with period

on gold ring with period ribbon

1916" below the photograph

Meyer was expelled from the SS on November 13

The adornment measures 62 mm (w) x 42 mm (h)

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Honour Cross, by H.Rose, c.1915 Auction on gold ring with period(Greifen Orden, Ehrenkreuz). Instituted 15 September 1884 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III. (1884 1918 issue). In silver gilt with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with red enameled arms, with a central medallion bearing a raised Griffin, the reverse with five visible rivets securing the structure together, with a barrel hinge and banjo style vertical pinback meeting a round catch, unmarked, measuring 56. 3 mm (w) x 56. 9 mm (h),