Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class, C.1915 Auction obverse brandishing a domed centrepiece

obverse brandishing a domed centrepiece with the engraved interlocking script initials "WR"

Ficinus of Reserve Infantry Regiment No

the reverse with both attachment prongs intact

and as the firing became heavier and nearer

reverse marked M1/6

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class, C.1915 Auction obverse brandishing a domed centrepiece(Militrverdienstkreuz, I Klasse). Instituted 5 August 1848. An Iron Cross paty constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse face is pebbled with a ribbed border, the centre bears the cipher FF for Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II, the 12 oclock arm bears a royal crown and the 6 oclock arm bears 1914, the reverse is plain and bears a vertical pinback with a round wire catch, unmarked, 40. 90 (w) x 40. 81 mm (h), near mint.