Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class With Iii Class War Decoration And Swords, C.1935 Buy Now a 1916 commemorative badge

a 1916 commemorative badge

48mm (x115mm including crown suspension)

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London when he enlisted as a Private (S-2571) with the 2nd Battalion

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class With Iii Class War Decoration And Swords, C.1935 Buy Now a 1916 commemorative badgeInstituted October 24, 1849. Type II. Military Division. A cross pattee of silver gilt construction, with red and white enamelled arms, the obverse presenting the inscription VER DIENST on a white field surrounded by a red enamel ring, between the arms sit a gilt wreath section with crossed swords piercing the central medallion, the reverse features a single vertical pin assembly with four rivets present to secure the wreath and swords to the obverse,