Austria, I Republic. A Military Merit Cross I Class, By Anton Reitterer, C.1935 Newly Listed suspended from a traditional rectangular

suspended from a traditional rectangular hanger with pinback

in better than extremely fine unused condition

Criticism of the Society existed in the mid-1780s when citizens argued that this society of officers

first in November 1914 and was assigned to the 500 Draft Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Reinforcements (but does not appear on the PPCLI rolls)

Austria, I Republic. A Military Merit Cross I Class, By Anton Reitterer, C.1935 Newly Listed suspended from a traditional rectangular(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