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

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”

three years in Indochina

twenty are silvered

with a wide white field in the centre

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.