Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class, C.1915 Auction Iwate has the lowest population

Iwate has the lowest population density of any prefecture outside Hokkaido

Footnote: Ulrich Wernitz (21 January 1921 – 23 December 1980) was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II

the medal bar with a metal core (magnetic)

and as the firing became heavier and nearer

the reverse with both attachment prongs intact

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class, C.1915 Auction Iwate has the lowest population(Militrverdienstkreuz, I Klasse). Instituted 5 August 1848. An Iron Cross paty constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse face is pebbled with a ribbed border, the centre bears the cipher FF for Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II, the 12 oclock arm bears a royal crown and the 6 oclock arm bears 1914, the reverse is plain and bears a vertical pinback with a round wire catch, unmarked, 40. 90 (w) x 40. 81 mm (h), near mint.