Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross With Iii Class War Decoration, By A. Reitterer, C.1930 GTRexclude after having personally assisted in

after having personally assisted in repelling the enemy attack at close range

tiny chip in the white enamels on the reverse of the slightly bent arm tip at 7 o'clock

1897 and was worn by Military Doctors who did not graduate from the Imperial Military Medical Academy but from a medical school

Footnote: Henry Marshall was born in 1881 in Hertfordshire County

unmarked (sole maker was Braca Knaus

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross With Iii Class War Decoration, By A. Reitterer, C.1930 GTRexclude after having personally assisted inInstituted October 24, 1849. In silver, a white and red enamelled cross pattee, the center medallion with the gilt inscription VER DIENST (For Merit), sections of a gilt wreath in each quadrant of the arms denotes III Class war decoration, the reverse presents a single vertica pin marked AR denoting manufacture by Anton Reitterer, and 935 silver mark, measures 61. 10mm (w) x 60. 80mm (h), weighs 74. 7 grams, enamels intact, oxidation to silver on