Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class certificate_of_authenticity 37 mm (w) x 59

37 mm (w) x 59

suitable for a large finger

light cracking on bottom of mug and cracking of enamel coating inside of mug

lightly soiled ribbon

Moscow city marked and Kokoshnik marked on the reverse

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class certificate_of_authenticity 37 mm (w) x 59(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,