Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class United Republic of measuring 243 mm x 164

measuring 243 mm x 164 mm

whose responsibilities included lighthouses and other aids to navigation and the regulation of civilian shipping

machine-embroidered thread on field-grey wool backer

In silvered nickel with two prongs on the reverse for uniform attachment

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class United Republic of measuring 243 mm x 164(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