Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Archive In the same month Schörner

In the same month Schörner became Supreme Commander of Army Group A until he was promoted to General Field Marshal on April 5th of the same year

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 1 Field Park Company

One of the sub-sections of the DAF was the DAF-Werkscharen (DAF Work Groups)

the center is engraved with a leaping tiger within a squared border with the inscription “HAMILTON TIGER-CATS”

measuring 48 mm x 39 mm

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Archive In the same month Schörner(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. First Period (1849 1914). Civil Division. An early Military Merit Cross, in silver and enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enamelled arms, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion inscribed with VERDIENST (Merit), the reverse with white enamelled arms and center, marked on the integral suspension ring with an FR denoting Rothe manufacture, a Diana head denoting