Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class visually-hidden Instituted in 1928 (in silver

Instituted in 1928 (in silver with a gilt chrysanthemum

with loop for suspension - attached to bar with horizontal pinback

maker marked "BIRMINGHAM MEDAL Co" and coded "Rd 684409" on the reverse

the eagle is unmarked and measures 255 mm (w) x 305 mm (h)

A textbook example of a later war Luftwaffe Squadron Clasp for Air to Ground Support Units

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class visually-hidden Instituted in 1928 (in silver(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 pebbled arms and ribbed borders, bearing a central raised monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, the six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering banjo style pinback meeting a