Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross I Class, C. 1935 Newly Listed To receive one

To receive one

four individual ribbon bars above the left breast pocket (World War II Victory Medal

Cape Breton

overlaid by blue and black enameled squares bearing gilt initials “NS”

Footnote: James Henry Skinner was born on September 2

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross I Class, C. 1935 Newly Listed To receive one(Militr Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 28 February 1915 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. (1915 1924 issue; c. 1935 re issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed and pebbled arms, bearing a centra monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, the six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing a royal crown, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire