Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Archive I instructed Captain CAMPBELL of

I instructed Captain CAMPBELL of B squdron to take his across the Canal and that I would follow with the balance of the Regiment as soon as he had got over

John Robert "Shatz" Dyas

on a length of original neck ribbon

it was awarded to personnel that worked continuously in Africa

1942 - Die-stamped silvered bronze

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Archive I instructed Captain CAMPBELL of(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