Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 1914 War Merit Cross, I Class Auction Archive Also accompanied by RAD membership

Also accompanied by RAD membership pin

a small bar with seven decorations

and a maker’s marked of “GAHR

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

100 mm x 226 mm)

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 1914 War Merit Cross, I Class Auction Archive Also accompanied by RAD membership(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