Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity topped by an inscription of

topped by an inscription of “HRVATSKA” (“CROATIA”)

voided design in the centre

1809 by Napoleon's brother Jerome Bonaparte

bronzed maltese cross

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity topped by an inscription of(Militrverdienstkreuz 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 and ribbed arms, bearing a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, topped by a crown and situated above a date of 1914, the reverse with an elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 41. 05 mm (w) x