Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Hold slotted and tabbed metal bed

slotted and tabbed metal bed

Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1937)

The hanger

Silver wire on grayish blue cloth

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Hold slotted and tabbed metal bed(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