Certificate for a decoration of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany: "We Frederick Francis, by GOD's grace Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, Prince of Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, also Count at Schwerin, Lord of the lands of Rostock and Stargard, etc. testify by this deed of ownership that We awarded to Antonia von Pilars, née Baroness Oer, lady-in waiting of Her Highness Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg, the Frederick-Francis-Alexandra Cross for Deeds of Charity as created by Us and Our spouse on the blue ribbon of the Cross of Military Merit. Schwerin, 9 April 1917"
Friedrich Franz IV., Großherzog von Mecklenburg
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