Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Rothe, in Case, c.1914 GTRexclude Constructed of silvered nickel

Constructed of silvered nickel

An excellent example in gilt tombac

(engraved: PVT

while the reverse ricasso bears a maker’s mark of “ORIGINAL EICKHORN

an anchor (made in Birmingham) and date marked "o" (1913) on its reverse

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Rothe, in Case, c.1914 GTRexclude Constructed of silvered nickel(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 a central white enamelled