Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class to the Officers of the Intelligence Department OOK visually-hidden Footnote: The Order was founded

Footnote: The Order was founded by King Ferdinand I on the same day he abolished the Order of the Two Sicilies

The Original Legion of Honour Document is named to Mr Hubert Gautret de la Moriciere

reflecting the Gebirgsjäger

08 mm (w) x 45

maker marked RZM M1/93 for Gottlieb Friedrich Keck & Sohn on the reverse

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class to the Officers of the Intelligence Department OOK visually-hidden Footnote: The Order was founded(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Type II (1914 1918 Issue). A Military Merit Cross III Class, of high quality manufacture and unique history, constructed of 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