Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class GTRexclude First War Commemorative Medal 1914-1918

First War Commemorative Medal 1914-1918

with a baking plate (marked “500” for silver)

(Drittes Reich Abzeichen und Insignien)

measuring approximately 106 mm x 43 mm

Modified by King Fu’ad I in 1923 and 1928

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class GTRexclude First War Commemorative Medal 1914-1918(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.