Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross I Class, C. 1935 Auction The award was patterned after

The award was patterned after Napoleon's Legion of Honour of 1812 and the French Colonial Order of the Dragon of Annam

1887 Saxon Cross for the Election of Prince Ferdinand I

indicating that Meyer was a member of the police and entered military service in 1908

since it is the first British medal to be instituted and awarded using a dead monarch's cypher or effigy

eleven are gilt

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross I Class, C. 1935 Auction The award was patterned after(Militr Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 28 February 1915 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. (1915 1924 issue; c. 1935 re issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed and pebbled arms, bearing a centra 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire