Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross I Class, c. 1915 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with sunning on the spine

with sunning on the spine

and pronounced folding creases with several small holes along them

single lug

he was discharged and returned to Base Details on the 15th

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross I Class, c. 1915 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with sunning on the spine(Kreuz fr Auszeichnung im Kriege I. Klasse). Instituted 1 January 1915 by Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich VI. (1915 1923 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with ribbed arms, bearing a central pebbled medallion overlaid by a raised inscription of FR TAPFERKEIT (FOR BRAVERY), situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked,