Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 1914 War Merit Cross, I Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac along with being marked "1/20

along with being marked "1/20 10K + STER" on the reverse

1 Construction Battalion

the men were not reissued this clothing and many of the men received standard federal clothing making them harder for rebel troops to notice their elite capabilities

with detailed entries regarding dates

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 1914 War Merit Cross, I Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac along with being marked "1/20(Militr Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse 1914). Instituted 28 February 1915 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. (1915 1924 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with ribbed and pebbled arms, bearing a central raised 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire