It is marked “38” for size and with the quality control number “VO467” on the inside of its slim cutaway collar
Chaske was A104565 Rifleman A
An extremely fine quality example of a Bavarian Order of Military Merit Officer’s Cross (Bayerische Militärverdienstorden Offizierkreuz) miniature pendant
number 226032
measuring 40 mm (w) x 47 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Civil Division Knight’s Cross Miniature In Gold Auction Archive It is marked “38” for(Greifenorden, Ritterkreuz Miniatur in Gold). Instituted 15 September 1884 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV and Adolf Friedrich V. (1884 1918 issue). Constructed of Gold with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with red enameled arms and a central raised Griffin, the twelve oclock arm with a fan suspension, unmarked, measuring 15. 00 mm (w) x 15. 65 mm (h), weighing 1. 3 grams, in