hand embroidered national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika in its talons with accent threads for detail
the centerpiece presents the American Seal on a red enamel field surrounded by the inscription VICERUNT VT VIVAMUS
marked "CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD
” Membership in the VFW is restricted to any active or honorably discharged officer or enlisted person who is a citizen of the United States and who has served in its armed forces "in any foreign war
which ended with the death of two members of a politically motivated gang of burglars and international anarchists supposedly led by Peter Piatkow (AKA Peter the Painter)
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order of the Griffin, Honour Cross, by Heinrich Rose Archive hand embroidered national eagle clutching(Greifenorden Ehrenkreuz). Instituted 15 September 1884 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. (1884 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross, the obverse with red enameled arms displaying pronounced hatching, overlaid by a central pebbled and gilt medallion bearing a raised Griffin, in turn situated within a gilded circular ring, the reverse with a wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting
