Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross I Class, c. 1915 certificate_of_authenticity Advancing overseas in 1940 with

Advancing overseas in 1940 with the R

RUDI ZIKOFF”

Footnote: Luitpold Lemmer was born on March 12

A 1933 German Luther day badge

its pipe Band played a victorious Canadian Corps across the Rhine and into Germany

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross I Class, c. 1915 certificate_of_authenticity Advancing overseas in 1940 with(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,