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 Some white marks throughout on

Some white marks throughout on the front and rear

Juncker of Berlin and “Gesetzlich Geschützt”

the Order moved to the town of Tomar

An Order of Naval Merit with White “Special Service” Distinction

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

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 Some white marks throughout 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