Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class certificate_of_authenticity 37 mm (w) x 59

37 mm (w) x 59

Brief History: Military Order of Christ has its origins in the medieval Order of the Knights of Our Lord Jesus Christ which was created on 14th March 1319 by Pope John XXII's Bull

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and suspension broach

lightly soiled ribbon

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class certificate_of_authenticity 37 mm (w) x 59(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,