Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class visually-hidden a Heer soldier serving with

a Heer soldier serving with Pionier-Bataillon 753 (3rd Panzer Army

maker marked "BIRMINGHAM MEDAL Co" and coded "Rd 684409" on the reverse

Instituted in 1928 (in silver with a gilt chrysanthemum

Reid was laid down on June 25th

he was transferred to the Military Workhouse Hospital at Newcastle upon Tyne on the 24th

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class visually-hidden a Heer soldier serving with(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 pebbled arms and ribbed borders, bearing a central raised monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, the six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering banjo style pinback meeting a