Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Hold single breather hole beside the

single breather hole beside the catch

white and green enamelled insignia bearing a painted image of the Virgin Mary

consisting of a finely enameled red Holy Sepulchre Cross

All of the original burial sites on Tarawa Atoll were disinterred in 1946 and concentrated in a group burial in the Lone Palm Cemetery on Betio Island

with the support of troops from the 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Hold single breather hole beside the(Kreuz fr Auszeichnung im Kriege I. Klasse). Instituted 1 January 1915 by Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich IV. (1915 1923 issue). Constructed of silver on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed monogram of Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich IV, the six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of TAPFER UND TREU (BRAVERY AND