Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Enamelled War Decoration, c.1914 Auction Archive 24 mm (w) x 42

24 mm (w) x 42

only minor wear

A matching set of Heer Flak/Artillery Enlisted personnel tropical shoulder straps

attached to the reverse via two pins

as well as two Waffenamt marks near the pommel

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Enamelled War Decoration, c.1914 Auction Archive 24 mm (w) x 42(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 a white enamelled medallion,