Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Buy Now 83 mm (w) x 59

83 mm (w) x 59

edge trimmed in leather piping

54 cm in the arms

After a two-month period in the patriarchal secretariat

Signature on Post War Photo: Albert Muller SS-Hptscharf

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Buy Now 83 mm (w) x 59(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