Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class and Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers Auction Archive when he enlisted with the

when he enlisted with the Red Army on May 4

each bearing a crown and inscribed "R

the reverse maker marked “Carl Wild

1895 was 53

Class Grand Officer

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class and Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers Auction Archive when he enlisted with the(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