Description
Three Single Shoulderboards for Unteroffizieranwaerter of Infantry
plain reverse with Peruvian hallmark denoting
the straps with very light wear on the uppers and without wear in the black corduroy on the backers
enamel loss to centre reverse
what appears to be "HeLen Meritt CoLumbus MO" faintly scratched on the reverse
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Unique Russian Made Order Of The Griffon In Gold, By D.i. Osipov Archive Three Single Shoulderboards for Unteroffizieranwaerter(Greifenorden, Grokreuz Miniatur). Instituted 15 September 1884 by Groherzog Friedrich Franz IV. (1884 1918 issue). A unique Gold example of the order, exquisitely manufactured in Gold with enamels, consisting of a red enameled Maltese Cross, obverse with a central pebbled medallion bearing a leftward facing griffin, the reverse plain, the 12 oclock arm with a pebbled fan bearing a loop for suspension from its period original bowtie style ribbon, of