Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class United Republic of surrounded by the inscription "SULTAN

surrounded by the inscription "SULTAN OMAR ALI SAIFUDDIN III"

This is an extremely well-preserved pre-Second World War photo album belonging to a member of the 4th Battery of the 31st Artillery Regiment (4

Constructed of cardboard-reinforced red wool

finishing his Naval career on June 30

it was an eerie feeling to be there

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class United Republic of surrounded by the inscription "SULTAN(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, bearing a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, ths six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 40.