Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Auction СЕНТАБРА 1782” (“22 SEPTEMBER 1782”)

СЕНТАБРА 1782” (“22 SEPTEMBER 1782”)

weighing 389 grams and measuring 870 mm in length

Military Order of Foreign Wars

it doesn't matter so much then

For his extensive services

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Auction СЕНТАБРА 1782” (“22 SEPTEMBER 1782”)(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 ribbed arms, with a central 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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,