A Frack Mounted 1914 Mecklenburg War Merit Cross Medal Bar Auction between December 12

between December 12

traces of gilt remaining

Goblet is marked on the bottom "FEINSILBER ALPAKA AUFLAGE - JOH

then declared a "Deserter" at the Army Combat Training Centre in South Africa the same day

A Frack Mounted 1914 Mecklenburg War Merit Cross Medal Bar Auction between December 12A German frack mounted medal bar grouping, consisting of 1) A 1914 Mecklenburg Schwerin War Merit Cross; in bronze gilt; one piece cross pattee with a ribbed border and a pebbled core; the obverse with FF in the center of the cross, 1914 on the bottom arm, and an outline of the royal crown on the top arm; the reverse inscribed Fr Auszeichnungen im Kriege in raised lettering; measuring 44. 99 mm x 40. 85 mm, 2) An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class; cross