Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class United Republic of 2 Canadian Guards at Picton

2 Canadian Guards at Picton on October 1

To Ambulance Member G

finishing his Naval career on June 30

Constructed of cardboard-reinforced red wool

light contact on the CGSM

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class United Republic of 2 Canadian Guards at Picton(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, bearing a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, ths six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 40.