A Mecklenburg Schwerin House Order Of The Wendisch Crown Sword Handle certificate_of_authenticity Howell died on February 25

Howell died on February 25

They had resided in the German city of Belsen throughout the war years

The chin cord is constructed of synthetic golden threading

I have nominated and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate do appoint him Captain in the Third Volunteer Engineers in the service of the United States: to rank as such from the twentieth day of October eighteen hundred and ninety-eight

A Mecklenburg Schwerin House Order Of The Wendisch Crown Sword Handle certificate_of_authenticity Howell died on February 25A Mecklenburg Schwerin House Order of the Wendisch Crown Sword Handle Grip has a wooden core and is wrapped in eighteen rows of tightly wrapped silvered wire, a House Order of the Wendisch Crown insignia on the grip, the insignia featuring a two piece construction, in gold with red and blue enamels on a silver eight pointed star base, the end of the grip with a conical brass coupling, 26 mm x 108. 5 mm; and brass handle with ornate designs at either