Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 9-Year Long Military Service Cross, C.1900 Auction Footnote: The Battalion was raised

Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto

with a metal core and a horizontal pinback

For his efforts he was promoted to the rank of corporal on June 1st1943

before being drafted to the Sloop Harebell and named to the rank of Lieutenant (Engineer) on March 18

privately engraved on the King George V and Queen Mary Coronation Medal 1911

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 9-Year Long Military Service Cross, C.1900 Auction Footnote: The Battalion was raised(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.