Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class to the Officers of the Intelligence Department OOK Archive oak leaf (Major J

oak leaf (Major J

covered in red cotton oil cloth

each is mounted to its own five-sided aluminum suspension with pinback

accompanied by original ribbon and cardboard box

bordered by a blue enamelled ring bearing the inscription “MINA SI PADUREA” (“MINE AND FOREST”) and “SOC

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class to the Officers of the Intelligence Department OOK Archive oak leaf (Major J(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Type II (1914 1918 Issue). A Military Merit Cross III Class, of high quality manufacture and unique history, constructed of silver with red and white enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enamelled arms, with 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