Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Hold both measuring 30 mm (w)

both measuring 30 mm (w) x 110 mm (l)

marked in silver ink "Silberne Militär Verdienst medaille" and stamped in black ink "Scbw

It is dedicated “in close friendship and dearest affinity” to Fritz

Weighing 10

two Navigator (N)

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Hold both measuring 30 mm (w)(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