Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Archive Shoulder Title (in bronze gilt

Shoulder Title (in bronze gilt

measuring 48 mm x 39 mm

the center is engraved with a leaping tiger within a squared border with the inscription “HAMILTON TIGER-CATS”

A 1914 Braunschweig/Brunswick “Kriegsverdienstkreuz für Frauen und Jungfrauen” (War Merit Cross for Ladies & Young Ladies) - (note that “Young Ladies” is a loose translation

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Archive Shoulder Title (in bronze gilt(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. First Period (1849 1914). Civil Division. An early Military Merit Cross, in silver and enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enamelled arms, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion inscribed with VERDIENST (Merit), the reverse with white enamelled arms and center, marked on the integral suspension ring with an FR denoting Rothe manufacture, a Diana head denoting