Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Military Merit Cross For 12 Years Of Service, C.1860 Auction Archive WWI 27th Infantry Battalion Cap

WWI 27th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF - Browning copper

5226" on the edge

a blue-bordered white-enameled Cross Patte in high quality silver

This Cross is pictured and described in the definite book on Saxon Orders “Die Orden des Königreiches Sachsen"

Richard Sandford signed his Attestation Paper with the 92nd Infantry Battalion "48th Highlanders" (192153)

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Military Merit Cross For 12 Years Of Service, C.1860 Auction Archive WWI 27th Infantry Battalion Cap(Militr Dienstkreuz fr 12 Dienstjahren). Instituted 1 July 1846 by Grand Duke George. (1846 1872 issue). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with a central monogram of Grand Duke George, the reverse with a central number 12 in Roman numerals, unmarked, measuring 37. 00 mm (w) x 41. 78 mm (h), weighing 14. 6 gram (inclusive of ribbon), in near