Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Newly Listed 1868 - August 14

1868 - August 14

with a double-headed and black-enameled Austrian imperial eagle joining the quadrants

maker marked on reverse " L 22" (GLASER & SOHN)

A 1936 Gautreffen der Bayrischen Ostmark badge

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Newly Listed 1868 - August 14(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 ribbed arms, bearing a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, ths six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 40.