Germany Awards - Officer's Cross for 25 years

The award was established on April 30, 1841 by the Grand Duke Paul Friedrich. Officers of the Mecklenburg-Schwerin contingent were awarded after many years of groundless service. This service award was presented until the conclusion of a military convention with Prussia in 19.12.1872. Gold service award crosses for Mecklenburg-Schwerin officers after 5 years of further service were not assigned again with a different year number, but were equipped with a corresponding new middle backside shield. The old middle shields were replaced by new ones. Crosses with very high numbers are known - XLV - (45 years of service) or - LXV - (65 years of service). In general, the higher the year, the less often you can talk about the cross. Source: J. Nimmergut, Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen bis 1945, vol. II, 1997.

The cross is gold or bronze gilded. Cross arms on the edge with a double line. The inner sides are smooth. Front and back with a round central shield (17 mm) worn. On the upper cruciform shoulder there is a soldered eye with a ribbon ring.

Front side:

• Golden central shield with a narrow edge compressed by 2 raised lines.
• The ring between the two lines has a thin transverse hatch.
• A closed fine-grained field shows intertwined letters in the center:
• - P F M - for Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg, above him is the crown.

Downside:

• Golden central shield with a narrow edge compressed by 2 raised lines.
• The ring between the two lines has a thin transverse hatch.
• A small-grained field enclosed in a cage shows in the center the Roman number 25 - XXV -.

Tape:

• Width 35 mm, side stripes yellow/light blue 3 mm each, medium stripes crimson 22 mm.

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