Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, Ii Class Auction A watered silk ribbon

A watered silk ribbon

A Kriegsmarine sports shirt eagle

that exhibits some bubbling (“spotting”) where the nickel plating has worn off

two infantry battalions from the 29th Infantry Division were attached to the hard-pressed 30th

Ontario when he signed his Particulars of Recruit Drafted Under Military Service Act 1917

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, Ii Class Auction A watered silk ribbon(Militrverdienstkreuz). A gilded bronze cross patte, the obverse centre presents the initials FF for Friedrich Franz, with the imperial crown on the twelve oclock arm, the reverse presents the inscription FR AUSZEICHNUNG IM KRIEGE (FOR AWARD IN THE WAR), measuring 41. 06 mm (w) x 41. 18 mm (h), on loop for suspension from period original combatant ribbon, and in very fine condition.