Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Newly Listed He was blown out of

He was blown out of a shell hole

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

Footnote: Flight Lieutenant Gerard Joseph Hanley (proper spelling Hanly) was part of the British RAF

reverse engraved with "WINNER 10x1 / 2 ROUND"

the reverse with a handwritten numerical inscription of “2233212”

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Newly Listed He was blown out of(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