Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich Franz Cross, C.1917 Hold Belt: full length webbed belt

Belt: full length webbed belt

Instituted in 1771 by King Charles III of Spain

in their paper packets of issue

the Order of Saint Anne was a dynastic order of knighthood

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich Franz Cross, C.1917 Hold Belt: full length webbed belt(Friedrich Franz Kreuz). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Latin Cross with laurel leaf branches connecting the quadrants of the arms, the obverse with central royal monogram, with the top arm bearing a royal crown and the bottom arm with a date of 1917, the reverse with a central raised 1914 Iron Cross, unmarked, measuring 31 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.