Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross Buy Now and Lot of Fourteen Ribbons

and Lot of Fourteen Ribbons (mixture of original and replica

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Just below the collar and centred between the shoulders it is stamped in black ink "35"

His condition had worsen since his assessment in Halifax six and a half months earlier

bringing supplies and troops into Stalingrad and flying out the wounded

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross Buy Now and Lot of Fourteen Ribbons(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 date 1914 on the six oclock arm, the reverse presents the inscription FR AUSZEICHNUNG IM KRIEG (FOR AWARD IN THE WAR), measuring 40. 42 mm (w) x 44. 71 mm (h), on loop for suspension from period original non combatant ribbon, and in very fine condition.