Austria, Imperial. An Military Merit Cross, III Class, by Vincent Mayers Sohne, c.1915 Province of China Ellmer was appointed an SS-Führerbewerber

Ellmer was appointed an SS-Führerbewerber (officer cadet) on April 1

The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has earned special merits for society"

one of which is clutching a flag and the other a length of a broken chain

silhouette visible on its original ribbon where the officer's rosette once resided

of which 138 were during the first world war

Austria, Imperial. An Military Merit Cross, III Class, by Vincent Mayers Sohne, c.1915 Province of China Ellmer was appointed an SS-Führerbewerber(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