Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Grand Cross Star, By Heinrich Rose, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Holy Roman Emperor Joseph

Footnote: Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II travelled to Russia under the name of Count Falkenstein in 1780

An extremely well-preserved 1892 edition of the Statutes of the House Order of the White Falcon

28 cm (w) x 10

The logistics must have been mindboggling

Upon returning from another mission over England in a group of five

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Grand Cross Star, By Heinrich Rose, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Holy Roman Emperor Joseph(Greifen Orden, Bruststern zum Grokreuz). Instituted 15 September 1884 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. (1884 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, the obverse with a central raised gilt medallion bearing a finely detailed gilt Griffin, surrounded by a ribbed silver ring, within a ring of red enamel bearing a raised gilt inscription of ALTIOR ADVERSIS (AGAINST ALL ODDS) and laurel leaf branches,