Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Province of China bronze palm on the ribbon)

bronze palm on the ribbon)

A war time period photo postcard

two pockets

with some oxidation and material fatigue evident

Footnote: Zygmunt Bryla was born on 18 December 1912 in Bodzentyn in Kielce County

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Province of China bronze palm on the ribbon)(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 pebbled arms and ribbed borders, bearing a central raised 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 barrel hinge and tapering banjo style pinback meeting a