Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Auction constructed of fine quality silvery

constructed of fine quality silvery 21 mm wide tresse with a blue-grey line of embroidery in the centre

Over three-quarters of the Australian prisoners there died in captivity

it doesn't matter so much then

Two days after Japan entered the war in 1941

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Auction constructed of fine quality silvery(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,