Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 1914 War Merit Cross, I Class Auction Archive The centrepoint of the chain

The centrepoint of the chain with the Badge of the Order in bronze gilt with navy blue and white enamels

(Beförderungspapiere mit Unterschrift)

100 mm x 226 mm)

a small bar with seven decorations

Many Nuremberg defendants had planned the brutal acts

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 1914 War Merit Cross, I Class Auction Archive The centrepoint of the chain(Militr Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse 1914). Instituted 28 February 1915 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. (1915 1924 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with ribbed and pebbled arms, bearing a central raised monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, the six oclock arm with a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire