Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with War Decoration, c.1860 visually-hidden a silver cross with black

a silver cross with black lacquered obverse and reverse embossed KREW

suspended from a fixed ball suspension and round swivel ring for suspension from its ribbon featuring a horizontal pinback

receiving a gun shot (shrapnel) wound to his left ankle

Captain Hawkins and Mr

that he was not married and that his trade was that of Student

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with War Decoration, c.1860 visually-hidden a silver cross with black(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Military Division. 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 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 a white enamelled