Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Auction Archive A grouping of documents

A grouping of documents

1 A Heer Obergefreiter insignia

Nine men were stranded in the snow desert without preparation or equipment

2) A War Commemorative Medal of 1870-1871

The pilot Alexan Thurbull decided to ditch his aircraft in Lake Mjoso

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Auction Archive A grouping of documents(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