Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Hold single breather hole beside the

single breather hole beside the catch

Cross and Sacred Heart suspension measures 33x94mm

the front designed with two large and deep pockets at the waist

All of the original burial sites on Tarawa Atoll were disinterred in 1946 and concentrated in a group burial in the Lone Palm Cemetery on Betio Island

with the support of troops from the 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Hold single breather hole beside the(Kreuz fr Auszeichnung im Kriege I. Klasse). Instituted 1 January 1915 by Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich IV. (1915 1923 issue). Constructed of silver on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed monogram of Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich IV, the six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of TAPFER UND TREU (BRAVERY AND