Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Newly Listed reverse engraved with "WINNER 10x1

reverse engraved with "WINNER 10x1 / 2 ROUND"

2 Balloon Section

the reverse with a handwritten numerical inscription of “2233212”

the last digit "6" has been re-engraved over with a "7"

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

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Newly Listed reverse engraved with "WINNER 10x1(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