Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class Military Division With Case, By Rothe Archive losing a number of teeth)

losing a number of teeth) and Quartermaster George Clarke (who served with the 11th Battalion

measuring 16 mm (w) x 18 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

measuring 113 mm in width x 235 mm in length x 44

Richard Baltzer

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class Military Division With Case, By Rothe Archive losing a number of teeth)(Militrverdienstkreuz, Kreuz III. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 22 October 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with its arms joined together through the quadrants by a circular laurel leaf wreath, the obverse with white enameled arms trimmed with red enameled borders, bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a raised silver inscription of VERDIENST