Description
Mecklenburg-Strelitz Adolf Frederich Cross. Unnamed as issued. A blackened alloy cross with short, straight sided arms that widen slightly outwards to shallow convex curved ends. Obverse: An oval laurel wreath with a crowned monogram 'AF' in the centre. Reverse: The inscription 'FUR WERKE DER KRIEGSHILFE 1917' (For services in aiding the war) on five lines in the centre of an oval laurel wreath. The cross is fitted with a loose ring suspender and a piece of 26 mm ribbon which has five yellow and four carmine red stripes, and 1.5 mm pale blue edges.
Contextual Description
The Grand Duke Adolf-Friedrich instituted an iron cross on 17 January 1917, for men and women, to reward special merit in work and industry of all kinds that furthered the war effort. By the end of the war the medal was being made from an aluminium-zinc alloy. This medal forms part of a collection assembled by the Memorial in the 1920s for display.
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Accession Number
RELAWM01358
Physical Description
Material: Aluminium-zinc alloy
Measurement
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