Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, III. Class, Second Period (1914-1918) Newly Listed in silvered and gilt metal

in silvered and gilt metal with blue and black enamels

reverse inscribed “Für treue Dienste im Reichsarbeitsdienst” (For Faithful Work in the Reichs Labour Service)

Before the war he worked as a mason

(Friedrich Franz Kreuz)

Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, III. Class, Second Period (1914-1918) Newly Listed in silvered and gilt metal(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Second Period (1914 1918 Issue). A Military Merit Cross III Class, of multi piece construction, in silver with red and white enamels, on a fixed ring and swivel loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon with crossed swords, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enameled arms, with gilded laurel leaves in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a