Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, 3Rd Class With Small Decoration Buy Now silvered and gilt brass with

silvered and gilt brass with red and light blue enamels

light contact on the exterior

knot measures 52 mm x 333 mm with a 40 mm stem

the lower tail is slightly shorter than the upper tail

He was taken on strength at No

Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, 3Rd Class With Small Decoration Buy Now silvered and gilt brass withMilitrverdienstkreuz. Instituted in 1849. Type II (1914 1918). In silver with red and white enamels, marked with a Diana's head (Dianakopf) hallmark, which was used between 1872 and 1922, the head flanked by the number "2" (silver fineness) on the left and the assay city mark "A" (Vienna) on the right, along with an indecipherable maker's mark on the obverse of the integral suspension, measuring 31. 2 mm (w) x 34 mm (h) inclusive of its integral