Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class, C.1915 Hold seeing action in the Battle

seeing action in the Battle of the Somme and in the Champagne region

(Militärabzeichen)

emboss stamped "110" on the tip of the tab

and sturdy

20mm(w) x 64

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class, C.1915 Hold seeing action in the Battle(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.