Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class and Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers United Republic of 83mm (w) x 54

83mm (w) x 54

was a Private First Class in the 1st Cavalry Division

featuring the handwritten signature of an unidentified Hauptmann and flak battery commander

the eye of the eagle in black enamels

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class and Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers United Republic of 83mm (w) x 54(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