Austria, Imperial. An Military Merit Cross, III Class, by Vincent Mayers Sohne, c.1915 Archive It was disbanded on September95

It was disbanded on September95 15

constituting the reserve of the reserve

overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching the stems of lightning bolts

with all prongs fully intact on the reverse

Austria, Imperial. An Military Merit Cross, III Class, by Vincent Mayers Sohne, c.1915 Archive It was disbanded on September95(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Type II (1914 1918 Issue). A Military Merit Cross III Class, of multi piece construction, in silver with red and white enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enamelled arms, with gilded laurel leaves in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion inscribed with VERDIENST (Merit), the reverse with white enamelled arms and