Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class, C.1915 certificate_of_authenticity The smock is dual stencilled

The smock is dual stencilled in black ink "PARKER" with his service number "SB53689" between the shoulders across the back

attended by a seated lion

measuring 37 mm (w) x 45 mm (h)

receiving clip in magnetic steel and painted field gray on the left end

With period pin/mounting

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class, C.1915 certificate_of_authenticity The smock is dual stencilled(Militrverdienstkreuz, I Klasse). Instituted 5 August 1848. An Iron Cross paty constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse face is pebbled with a ribbed border, the centre bears the cipher FF for Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II, the 12 oclock arm bears a royal crown and the 6 oclock arm bears 1914, the reverse is plain and bears a vertical pinback with a round wire catch, unmarked, 40. 90 (w) x 40. 81 mm (h), near mint.