Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class GTRexclude inscribed "Grant of the dignity

inscribed "Grant of the dignity of a Knight Grand Commander (Military division) of the Order of the Bath to Major-General Arthur Arnold Barrett

inscribed with the owner's name in handwritten blue ink in three locations (on both inside covers and on the front flyleaf) "Gerald A Learn / 2nd Lieut / Royal Flying Corps / Military School of Aeronautics / Christ Church / Oxford"

in better than very fine condition

From the time of Alexandre Tache

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class GTRexclude inscribed "Grant of the dignity(Militr Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 28 February 1915 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. (1915 1924 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with ribbed arms, with a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, the six oclock arm with a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,