A 1914 Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross Auction Archive with a regimental numbering system

with a regimental numbering system indicating 13

that he had no previous military service and that his trade was that of Steel Clerk

Grayson was evacuated "sick" with Diphtheria (upper respiratory tract illness caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae

the scar left behind is visible in his photos

which was the Training Ship for Navigating Officers and passed his Warrant Officer's Course in Navigation and Pilotage in 1907

A 1914 Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross Auction Archive with a regimental numbering systemA 1914 Mecklenburg Schwerin Military Merit Cross Bronze gilt, 40. 5 mm, lightly soiled original ribbon, light gilt wear, near extremely fine.