Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A Cross For War Merit, Ii Class, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity pommel and crossguard with excellent

pommel and crossguard with excellent details retaining nearly 100% original finish

King's Own Royal Regiment

all on a white metal base

5 mm x 53 mm inclusive of wreath suspension

Footnote: William Guard Livingston was born in Blenheim Ontario in 1886 and was working as a Clerk before enlisting in the CEF on September 30th 1914

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A Cross For War Merit, Ii Class, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity pommel and crossguard with excellent(Kreuz fr Auszeichnung im Kriege II. Klasse). Instituted 11 August 1914 by Grand Duke Adolph Friedrich VI. (1916 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central raised monogram of Grand Duke Adolph Friedrich VI, within a laurel wreath, the six oclock arm with a date of 1914, the reverse with a central raised inscription of TAPFER UND