Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, First Period (One Class), Type III with War Decoration Buy Now After five months training and

After five months training and orientation in England

cardboard had been bent at one point

(Hausorden der Wendischen Krone)

vertical banjo-style magnetic pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch

with only minor soiling evident

Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, First Period (One Class), Type III with War Decoration Buy Now After five months training and(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. First Period (1849 1914). (c. 1860s issue). An early and well preserved example of this award, of multi piece construction, in silver with red and white enamels, on a fixed ring and swivel loop for suspension from its period original broad tri fold ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enameled arms, with gilded laurel leaves in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the