Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class With Iii Class War Decoration And Swords, C.1935 Hold 54mm(w) x 57

54mm(w) x 57

Instituted 1770 by Landgraf (count) Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel

light tarnishing on the three silver medals

while the handle shows some scratching and loss of paint

He was employed as a part time Medical Officer from March 16

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class With Iii Class War Decoration And Swords, C.1935 Hold 54mm(w) x 57Instituted 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,