Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 1914 War Merit Cross, I Class GTRexclude Atlantic Star with silver rosette

Atlantic Star with silver rosette

with a matching serial number and date of 1 July 1951

Oberstleutnant of the 1084th Grenadier Regiment Footnote: All Knight's Cross Recipient Photographs originate from a single & extremely large collection acquired by eMedals in 2008

measuring 485 mm in width x 305 mm in height x 90 mm in depth

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 1914 War Merit Cross, I Class GTRexclude Atlantic Star with silver rosette(Militr Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse 1914). Instituted 28 February 1915 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. (1915 1924 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with ribbed and pebbled arms, bearing a central raised 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire