Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 1914 War Merit Cross, I Class GTRexclude with a matching serial number

with a matching serial number and date of 1 July 1951

and the 10th Battalion

maker marked "CASTELLS BARCELONA" on the cartouche

measuring 485 mm in width x 305 mm in height x 90 mm in depth

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 1914 War Merit Cross, I Class GTRexclude with a matching serial number(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