Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Unique Russian Made Order Of The Griffon In Gold, By D.i. Osipov consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac depicting some wear on the

depicting some wear on the frame of the cross

67mm (x102mm including crown suspension)

7 mm x 20 mm

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Russia: Type 3

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Unique Russian Made Order Of The Griffon In Gold, By D.i. Osipov consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac depicting some wear on the(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