Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Military Merit Cross For 12 Years Of Service, C.1860 Hold with a Luftwaffe 4 years

with a Luftwaffe 4 years of service ribbon (including Hoheitszeichen)

sash is sunned exhibiting a ghosting of both Grand Cross items

on reverse is stamped at the catch end

the belt without sliders and measuring 44 mm x 1

On 14 January 1945

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Military Merit Cross For 12 Years Of Service, C.1860 Hold with a Luftwaffe 4 years(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