Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross “Piis Meritis” For Military Chaplains, Iii Class, C.1960 Archive 280 mm below that strip

280 mm below that strip is another light strip of interwoven fabric attached with two copper rivets

Kreis-Feurerwehr Verbandstag badge

plus a Silver Cross

promoted to SS-Sturmmann in 1941

It was noted in his medical examination that he had a hernia and would be accepted into the army after an operation to correct it

Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross “Piis Meritis” For Military Chaplains, Iii Class, C.1960 Archive 280 mm below that strip(Piis Meritis). Instituted 1801. Type III (1911 1918). Military Division. A late Rothe manufacture of the Piis Meritis Cross, a silver cross with shamrock arms, the obverse medallion with a blue enamelled field bearing the inscription PIIS MERITIS, the reverse mirrors the obverse, worn on a ribbon with crossed swords in bronze gilt, measures 46. 8mm (w) x 62. 2mm (h inclusive of integral ring), weighs 27. 6 grams (including ribbon), wear to silver,