Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class
(Militär-Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 28 February 1915 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. (1915-1924 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a Cross Pattée, the obverse with ribbed arms, bearing a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, ths six o’clock arm bearing a date of “1914”, the twelve o’clock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 40.65 mm (w) x 40.54 mm (h), weighing 12.5 grams, in extremely fine condition.

