Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Rothe, c.1916 Archive ILES MARQUISES

ILES MARQUISES

of multi piece construction)

60mm (w) x 64

including an Enlisted Man’s shoulder strap

by the Australians and New Zealanders at Gallipoli and in advance in France in the spring of 1917

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Rothe, c.1916 Archive ILES MARQUISES(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,