Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Small Decoration, C.1917 Auction Archive with a 54 mm knurled

with a 54 mm knurled pin

maker marked "By appointment to H

silver with red enamelled insignia

printed in gold-coloured ink with the Croatian maker mark "Radionica svih vrsti kapa J

A 1937 Mies Frontkämpfer Treffen badge

Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Small Decoration, C.1917 Auction Archive with a 54 mm knurled(Militrverdienstkreuz III. Klasse und Kleiner Dekoration). Issued 1914 1918. A silver cross pattee with red and white enamels; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion inscribed VERDIENST (German Merit); the reverse all in white enamels; on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, with a miniature decoration attached to the ribbon for the second class cross with war decoration; marked with an Austrian silver mark for