Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Second Class, With War Decoration And Swords, By R. Marschall Archive with an embossed maker’s mark

with an embossed maker’s mark of “Heinrich Sohn

containing thirty-two pages printed in black and orange inks on a greenish-white paper stock

The couple had one daughter

Simon initially joined the Landesschützen Replacement Battalion 13 and on February 10 he was transferred to the 2nd Company of Landesschützen Training Battalion 13

Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Second Class, With War Decoration And Swords, By R. Marschall Archive with an embossed maker’s mark(Militrverdienstkreuz II. Grades mit Kriegsdekoration und Schwertern). A silver cross pattee with red and white enameled arms; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion, inscribed VERDIENST in gilt capital letters, surrounded by a ring of red enamels; with a green enameled laurel wreath surrounding the central medallion, along with small golden swords between the arms of the cross; the reverse enameled fully in white; on a broad loop for