Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, by Vincent Mayer, c.1914 certificate_of_authenticity and Army Aviator Badge (in

and Army Aviator Badge (in sterling silver

on September 30th

replacement looped screw disk

(v) crossed flags of Imperial Germany and Austria and suspending a disk bearing the busts of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Emperor Franz Joseph I

Footnote: The Royal and Military Order of Saint Ferdinand (Real y Militar Orden de San Fernando) was originally founded by the General Courts of Cadiz as a National Order on August 31

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, by Vincent Mayer, c.1914 certificate_of_authenticity and Army Aviator Badge (in(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