Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, c.1870 Archive measuring 51 mm (w) x

measuring 51 mm (w) x 61

lid illustrating the bell with eagle over five conjoined rings insignia of the Berlin Summer Games

W for Wilhelm below the Prussian royal crown

260th Infantry Battalion was discharged upon demobilization at the Discharge Section

on a green wool backer with a grey rayon backing

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, c.1870 Archive measuring 51 mm (w) x(Militrverdienstkreuz III. Klasse). (1849 1914 issue). Civil Division. Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with red and white enameled arms, the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a gilt inscription of VERDIENST (MERIT) within a ring of red enamel, the reverse with white enameled arms and centre, measuring 30. 9 mm (w) x 34. 3 mm (h), weighs 11. 57 grams including ribbon, unmarked, on loop for