Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class and Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers Newly Listed the plate bears the number

the plate bears the number “7327”

Cyr enlisted in late 1941 with the Royal Rifles of Canada

the Canadian Expeditionary Force Battalion

silver grade

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class and Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers Newly Listed the plate bears the number(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