Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class GTRexclude crown has been reaffixed off

crown has been reaffixed off centre

with period work on rivets (now exposed to the front of the wings)

inscribed with the owner's name in handwritten blue ink in three locations (on both inside covers and on the front flyleaf) "Gerald A Learn / 2nd Lieut / Royal Flying Corps / Military School of Aeronautics / Christ Church / Oxford"

Durch sein Panzer-Regiment wurden in diesen Gefechtstagen insgesamt erbeutet oder vernichtet: 39 Panzer

bronze tower in the centre indicating a 3rd class award

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class GTRexclude crown has been reaffixed off(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,