Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross I Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac two ends sewn together on

two ends sewn together on the reverse

Some white marks throughout on the front and rear

During the First World War was the Chief of Staff of the Drina Division 1

fed through the holes for tightness adjustment

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross I Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac two ends sewn together on(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