Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 9-Year Long Military Service Cross, C.1900 certificate_of_authenticity the announcement appearing in the

the announcement appearing in the Fifth Supplement to the London Gazette 30166 of Tuesday

J16724 P/O instructor from June September 1943

An example of an Imperial Austrian Memorial Cross for Kaiser Franz Joseph I Second Class “Erinnerungskreuz an Kaiser und König Franz Joseph I Zweite Klasse”

with a wide white field in the centre

three years in Indochina

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 9-Year Long Military Service Cross, C.1900 certificate_of_authenticity the announcement appearing in the(Militrdienstkreiz III. Klasse fr 9 Dienstjahre der Unteroffiziere und Mannschaften). Instituted 2 March 1869 by Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm. (1869 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.