Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class Cross, by V. Mayer & Sohne Auction 14 - The Grey Roots

14 - The Grey Roots of Brilliant Flowers

A multiple-rayed eight-pointed star in silver

The cap is fully surrounded by fold-down side walls with slight frontal scalloping

featuring a beneath detailed enameled Spanish coat of arms

General Development of Long Guns

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class Cross, by V. Mayer & Sohne Auction 14 - The Grey RootsInstituted October 24, 1849. In silver gilt, with red and white enamelled cross, wreath in the quadrants between the arms, reverse in plain white enamels, marked on the suspension with a VM denoting Vincent Mayer & Sohne, A for Vienna manufacture and a Dianas head (Dianakopf) (which was used between 1872 and 1922), the head flanked by a "2" on the left, worn on triangular ribbon with swords device, measures 31. 0mm (w) x 34. 4mm (h inclusive of