Description
deep yellow
one chip in the silvering evident on the reverse
Baring appears as the bearded officer lying in the foreground
the swastika on the badge slightly damaged
The Wound Badge in Black award document is named to Gefreiter Schmid of the 1st Company of Pionier Battalion 753 for being wounded once on August 25
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross Hold deep yellow(Militrverdienstkreuz). A gilded bronze cross patte, the obverse centre presents the initials FF for Friedrich Franz, with the imperial crown on the twelve oclock arm, the date 1914 on the six oclock arm, the reverse presents the inscription FR AUSZEICHNUNG IM KRIEG (FOR AWARD IN THE WAR), measuring 40. 42 mm (w) x 44. 71 mm (h), on loop for suspension from period original non combatant ribbon, and in very fine condition.