Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, I Class Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic This was the first hostile

This was the first hostile encounter between the Moros (the Muslim populations of the Philippines) and the United States Army

HMCS Spikenard

was a photographer in a “Propagandakompanie”

entitling him to wear the War Service Badge

The badge has been pushed through two ribbons for presentation

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, I Class Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic This was the first hostile(Kreuz fr Auszeichnungen im Kriege I. Klasse). Instituted 1 January 1915 by Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich VI. (1915 1923 issue). Constructed of a silvered alloy, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with ribbed arms, bearing a central raised inscription of FR TAPFERKEIT (FOR BRAVERY) on a pebbled field, situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, unmarked,