Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, c.1914 certificate_of_authenticity depicted in uniform and wearing

depicted in uniform and wearing the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross (13 September 1943)

with some of the lettering rubbed off from age and storage

the system of voting for foundationers was suspended

Measuring 189x154mm

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, c.1914 certificate_of_authenticity depicted in uniform and wearing(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 a