Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross I Class, C. 1935 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac without prongs)

without prongs)

and include material fatigue to the leather elements and some loss of finish

the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a raised Saxon coat of arms

the obverse centre presents the city coat of arms

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross I Class, C. 1935 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac without prongs)(Militr Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 28 February 1915 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. (1915 1924 issue; c. 1935 re issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed and pebbled arms, bearing a centra 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire