Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Third Class with Case, by Rothe certificate_of_authenticity the right tab featuring contrasting

the right tab featuring contrasting white stitching with the numerals “12/81”on the obverse using a narrow crochet pattern

Type I: Silver with red and green enamels

slight discolouration in the white piping

He kept firing until he had expended his last round

on a red and green painted star base backed by silvered crossed swords

Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Third Class with Case, by Rothe certificate_of_authenticity the right tab featuring contrasting(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Second Period (1914 1918 Issue). A Military Merit Cross III Class, of multi piece construction, in silver with red and white enamels, on a fixed ring and swivel loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon with crossed swords, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enameled arms, with gilded laurel leaves in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a