Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class United Republic of rank appears to have been

rank appears to have been erased

measuring 47 mm (w) x 67 mm (h)

raw underside

In late April 1915

Footnote: The Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB) was an Italian Fascist youth organization functioning between 1926 and 1937

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class United Republic of rank appears to have been(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, with a central 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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,