Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Newly Listed with a double-headed and black-enameled

with a double-headed and black-enameled Austrian imperial eagle joining the quadrants

All accommodation and storage huts were built by the engineers and they were also charged with maintaining sanitation standards

measuring 95

(HJ Bund deutscher Arbeiterjungend Mitgliedsabzeichen)

1868 - August 14

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Newly Listed with a double-headed and black-enameled(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, bearing a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, ths six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 40.