Mecklenburg-Schwerin. A House Order Of The Wendish Crown, Commander Cross With Swords, C.1880 Newly Listed An Imperial Russian 1812 War

An Imperial Russian 1812 War Commemorative Medal

With rare slide bar clasp

un-numbered

1864 in which black USCT troops and white officers were alleged by some to have been slaughtered after Fort Pillow had been conquered

Mecklenburg-Schwerin. A House Order Of The Wendish Crown, Commander Cross With Swords, C.1880 Newly Listed An Imperial Russian 1812 War1864 1918 Issue. (Hausorden der Wendischen Krone, Komturkreuz mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross constructed of solid gold, with white enameled arms, with solid gold lions and crossed gold swords between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central medallion of blue enamels, with a raised gold Wendish crown, surrounded by a ring of red enamels, inscribed Per Aspera Ad Astra (Latin Through Struggle to the Light) in gold capital letters; the reverse