Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Newly Listed 12 mm x 16

12 mm x 16

1868 - August 14

All accommodation and storage huts were built by the engineers and they were also charged with maintaining sanitation standards

maker marked on reverse " L 22" (GLASER & SOHN)

inscribed "NIJMEGEN" below

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Newly Listed 12 mm x 16(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.