Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 9-Year Long Military Service Cross Newly Listed but drafting should be put

but drafting should be put off for a year at this point

31 mm (w) x 34

with the name "Schellert" hand inscribed on the reverse

Ian William Tweddelljoined Cadets at boarding school in Prince Albert at the age of 13 and by 1935 was part of the 16th/22nd Saskatchewan Light Horse

probably on Eastern Front

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 9-Year Long Military Service Cross Newly Listed but drafting should be put(Militrdienstkreiz III. Klasse fr 9 Dienstjahre der Unteroffiziere und Mannschaften). 1868 1913 issue. Constructed of copper, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich Franz, the reverse with central Roman numerals IX, unmarked, measuring 35. 38 mm (w) x 42. 34 mm (h), weighing 12. 8 grams, in very fine condition.