Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 1914 War Merit Cross II Class Hold worn with a replacement ribbon

worn with a replacement ribbon

and types of employment

of two-piece card stock construction

repaired lugs)

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 1914 War Merit Cross II Class Hold worn with a replacement ribbon(Militr Verdienstkreuz II. Klasse 1914). 28 February 1915 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse 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 an inscription of FR AUSZEICHNUNG IM KRIEGE (FOR EXCELLENCE