Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross I Class Newly Listed measuring 50 mm (h) x

measuring 50 mm (h) x 42

Instituted 1926 by General Primo de Rivera

25th Anniversary of the Foundation of the National Organization of Christian Solidarity

Upon her return to service

580 A” stamped on both sides of the triple slotted disc

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross I Class Newly Listed measuring 50 mm (h) x(Militrverdienstkreuz 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 pebbled and ribbed arms, bearing a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, topped by a crown and situated above a date of 1914, the reverse with an elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 41. 05 mm (w) x