Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Honour Cross, by H.Rose, c.1915 visually-hidden appears to be period replacement

appears to be period replacement or manufactured as such

Imperial Time Expired Soldiers League Member's Badge (Teikoku Zaiko Gunjin Kai): two-piece construction

along with the letter B for “1951”

with a centre applique consisting of a nickel-plated roundel featuring a SA/early SS belt buckle motif superimposed on gilded sun rays

For the role he had played in early 1944

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Honour Cross, by H.Rose, c.1915 visually-hidden appears to be period replacement(Greifen Orden, Ehrenkreuz). Instituted 15 September 1884 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III. (1884 1918 issue). In silver gilt with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with red enameled arms, with a central medallion bearing a raised Griffin, the reverse with five visible rivets securing the structure together, with a barrel hinge and banjo style vertical pinback meeting a round catch, unmarked, measuring 56. 3 mm (w) x 56. 9 mm (h),