Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, c.1914 GTRexclude two-piece construction with a silver

two-piece construction with a silver frame and a magnetic blackened iron core

5 Platoon under Lieutenant John Clark was in the centre

The boards are in an overall very fine condition

"Vizefeldwebel Festner / Leutnant Schäfer / Leutnant Frhr

Johnson” on reverse

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, c.1914 GTRexclude two-piece construction with a silver(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Type II (1914 1918 Issue). 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 gilded 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