Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class GTRexclude in better than very fine

in better than very fine condition

with period work on rivets (now exposed to the front of the wings)

Durch sein Panzer-Regiment wurden in diesen Gefechtstagen insgesamt erbeutet oder vernichtet: 39 Panzer

by Colonel Gerald William Lingen "Gerry" Nicholson CD

with five rows of two holes each for length adjustment and a silvered metal receiving clip

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class GTRexclude in better than very fine(Militr Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 28 February 1915 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. (1915 1924 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with ribbed arms, with a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, the six oclock arm with a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,