Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class GTRexclude measuring 45 mm x 140

measuring 45 mm x 140 mm each

bronze tower in the centre indicating a 3rd class award

inscribed "Grant of the dignity of a Knight Grand Commander (Military division) of the Order of the Bath to Major-General Arthur Arnold Barrett

with period work on rivets (now exposed to the front of the wings)

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class GTRexclude measuring 45 mm x 140(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, 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 a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,