Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Newly Listed the ends are finished

the ends are finished

embossed “1940” and “R

measuring 75 mm x 60 mm

employing specialists for each particular job in order to train and deploy them in time to meet the war's demand

contains 54 pages

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Newly Listed the ends are finished(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