Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross I Class GTRexclude 1944 in pencil on the

1944 in pencil on the reverse

on December 8

An appointment letter (208x297mm

The collar tabs are in gold bullion wire with red wool bases and machine sewn to the collars

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross I Class GTRexclude 1944 in pencil on the(Militrverdienstkreuz 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 pebbled and ribbed arms, bearing a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, topped by a crown and situated above a date of 1914, the reverse with an elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 41. 05 mm (w) x