Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Hold consisting of a finely enameled

consisting of a finely enameled red Holy Sepulchre Cross

white and green enamelled insignia bearing a painted image of the Virgin Mary

13mm (w) x 8

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

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Hold consisting of a finely enameled(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