Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 9-Year Long Military Service Cross, C.1900 Newly Listed Stieff joined the Coordination Department

Stieff joined the Coordination Department of the Wehrmacht General Staff where he excelled at organisational tasks

1952 for a complete renal investigation at the age of 27

The butterscotch-coloured leather sweatband is perforated along the front edge with five tiny rows of forty ventilation holes each

in silvered and painted feinzink

on a black enameled disk bearing silver oak leaves and a date of “1931”

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 9-Year Long Military Service Cross, C.1900 Newly Listed Stieff joined the Coordination Department(Militrdienstkreiz III. Klasse fr 9 Dienstjahre der Unteroffiziere und Mannschaften). Instituted 2 March 1869 by Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm. (1869 1913 issue). Constructed of copper, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich Franz, the reverse with central Roman numerals IX, unmarked, measuring 35. 38 mm (w) x 42. 34 mm (h), weighing 12. 8 grams, in very fine condition.