Austria, I Republic. A Military Merit Cross I Class, By Anton Reitterer, C.1935 Archive fully functional exterior metal hinge

fully functional exterior metal hinge

53 mm x 64 mm

adorned with bright pink (rose) Waffenfarbe piping and the number “8” embroidered onto the obverse of the boards

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Austria, I Republic. A Military Merit Cross I Class, By Anton Reitterer, C.1935 Archive fully functional exterior metal hinge(Militrverdienstkreuz I Klasse). Instituted 22 October 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. (1849 1918 issue; ca. 1935 reissue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with finely detailed red and white enameled arms, with a central white enameled medallion bearing a raised gilt inscription of VERDIENST (MERIT), within a red enameled ring, with a gilt laurel wreath set through the quadrants, the reverse