Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Hold both measuring 30 mm (w)

both measuring 30 mm (w) x 110 mm (l)

bearing stylized “R” with Roman numeral “III”

positioned just behind the ridge at Mont-Saint-Jean

Carpenter Worker at Tissages Guerry-Dupéray and Son

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Hold both measuring 30 mm (w)(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