Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Newly Listed bearing hand-etched fleur-de-lis

bearing hand-etched fleur-de-lis

topped by a hand-embroidered master roll number of “002001A/34”

Commander's Cross - in silver

in addition to later duties with the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht

original ribbon with horizontal pinback bar (one of two threads come loose)

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Newly Listed bearing hand-etched fleur-de-lis(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. First Period (1849 1914). Civil Division. An early Military Merit Cross, in silver and enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enamelled arms, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion inscribed with VERDIENST (Merit), the reverse with white enamelled arms and center, marked on the integral suspension ring with an FR denoting Rothe manufacture, an Austria Hungary dog