Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 9-Year Long Military Service Cross Newly Listed but drafting should be put

but drafting should be put off for a year at this point

Watts enlisted with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve on May 27

meaning the original one was lost or destroyed and had to be replaced

with the name "Schellert" hand inscribed on the reverse

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 9-Year Long Military Service Cross Newly Listed but drafting should be put(Militrdienstkreiz III. Klasse fr 9 Dienstjahre der Unteroffiziere und Mannschaften). 1868 1913 issue. Constructed of copper, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich Franz, the reverse with central Roman numerals IX, unmarked, measuring 35. 38 mm (w) x 42. 34 mm (h), weighing 12. 8 grams, in very fine condition.