Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Enamelled War Decoration, c.1914 Newly Listed Liberation Medal 1991: in gilt

Liberation Medal 1991: in gilt alloy with red

Constructed of multiple rows of interwoven blue threaded cord

indicating he had no previous military service

photo from February 1942 Footnote: All Knight's Cross Recipient Photographs originate from a single & extremely large collection acquired by eMedals in 2008

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Enamelled War Decoration, c.1914 Newly Listed Liberation Medal 1991: in 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), the reverse with a white enamelled medallion,