Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Newly Listed reverse engraved with "WINNER 10x1

reverse engraved with "WINNER 10x1 / 2 ROUND"

He was blown out of a shell hole

the obverse with a raised central “W” with the re-institution date “1914” in raised numbering on the lower arm and the royal crown on the upper arm

the reverse with a handwritten numerical inscription of “2233212”

2 Balloon Section

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Newly Listed reverse engraved with "WINNER 10x1(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