with a scalloped front and with the shoulders topped by pebbled zink buttons for the accommodation of straps
along with extensive chipping where it butts the pommel
with holes bored into each of the corners for attaching to a signpost
with all prongs fully intact on the reverse
Monetny Dvor mint marked and number engraved "842275" on the concave reverse
Austria, Imperial. An Military Merit Cross, III Class, by Vincent Mayers Sohne, c.1915 Archive with a scalloped front and(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