Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Hold The picture is a newspaper

The picture is a newspaper cut-out

white cotton manufacturer's label sewn on the left side and stamped in black ink "SMOCK DENISON (AIRBORNE TROOPS) / SIZE 2 / Height 6' 3" to 3' 5" /Breast 37" to 39" / Evans and Gray (Mantles) Ltd

ASSMANN & SOHNE LUDENSCHEID" on the plate on the reverse

published by The Legendary (the Official Magazine of The Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League

inscribed “Für Badens Ehre” (German - For the honour of Baden)

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Hold The picture is a newspaper(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,