Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Small Decoration, C.1917 Auction Archive 70 miles east of the

70 miles east of the border with German South West Africa (modern day Namibia)

1939 he was drafted and placed in the Armee-Verpflegungsamt (Army Rations Department) 603

The rest of the war Knie was stationed in or near Germany to defend the homeland from the advancing Allied forces

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Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Small Decoration, C.1917 Auction Archive 70 miles east of the(Militrverdienstkreuz III. Klasse und Kleiner Dekoration). Issued 1914 1918. A silver cross pattee with red and white enamels; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion inscribed VERDIENST (German Merit); the reverse all in white enamels; on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, with a miniature decoration attached to the ribbon for the second class cross with war decoration; marked with an Austrian silver mark for