Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, c.1914 Auction Archive Blackened bakelite

Blackened bakelite

bearing a central red enameled medallion overlaid by a gilded Reuss coat of arms

Instituted in 1853

with a crossed sword and hammer at the base

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, c.1914 Auction Archive Blackened bakelite(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