Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class, C.1915 GTRexclude Birks Bar and MC are

Birks Bar and MC are engraved

seven with metal tassels

presenting cluster of three gilded leaves in each quadrant

he was captured by the invading Russians in 1945

missing ball finial on the 1 o’clock arm

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class, C.1915 GTRexclude Birks Bar and MC are(Militrverdienstkreuz, I Klasse). Instituted 5 August 1848. An Iron Cross paty constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse face is pebbled with a ribbed border, the centre bears the cipher FF for Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II, the 12 oclock arm bears a royal crown and the 6 oclock arm bears 1914, the reverse is plain and bears a vertical pinback with a round wire catch, unmarked, 40. 90 (w) x 40. 81 mm (h), near mint.