Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, by Vincent Mayer, c.1914 Auction crown suspension in silver gilt

crown suspension in silver gilt with red

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the obverse bearing a raised swastika

1891 in Belfast

both wearing visor caps and one with Croatian checkered insignia on his right sleeve about to step into a vehicle

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, by Vincent Mayer, c.1914 Auction crown suspension in silver gilt(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) with the letters on a silver bar in two lines,