Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class visually-hidden and with its period original

and with its period original ribbon - collector’s paper tag attached to the reverse

A First War Bavarian Medal Bar - Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class (silver

the later retaining an original brown leather strap

Stamped onto the reverse of the ricasso is a mark of “SW”

measuring 94 mm (w) x 45 mm (h)

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class visually-hidden and with its period original(Militr Verdienstkreuz 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 arms and ribbed borders, bearing a central raised monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, the six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering banjo style pinback meeting a