Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Unique Russian Made Order Of The Griffon In Gold, By D.i. Osipov Archive overall in fine condition

overall in fine condition

Accompanied by a CD containing twenty-one pages with copies of his Index Cards

1st Class for Officers - Bronze gilt with green enamels

Maria Christina of Austria

the lid bearing a maker’s label for the firm of Franz Reischauer

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Unique Russian Made Order Of The Griffon In Gold, By D.i. Osipov Archive overall in fine condition(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