Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Newly Listed A Second War Romanian Pilot's

A Second War Romanian Pilot's Badge - in silvered tombac with enameled shield and crown centerpiece

reverse engraved with "WINNER 10x1 / 2 ROUND"

measuring 30 mm (w) x 705 mm (l)

He was blown out of a shell hole

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Newly Listed A Second War Romanian Pilot's(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 pebbled arms and ribbed borders, bearing a central raised monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, the six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering banjo style pinback meeting a