Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Second Period (1914-1918), III Class, by Vincent Mayers & Son visually-hidden 1947 and was a member

1947 and was a member of the Polish Combatants' Association in Great Britain

The peak of the helmet bears a stenciled Army insignia

maker marked UTICA

earning him the Purple Heart

Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Second Period (1914-1918), III Class, by Vincent Mayers & Son visually-hidden 1947 and was a member(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Second Period (1914 1918 Issue). A Military Merit Cross III Class, of multi piece construction, in silver with red and white enamels, on a fixed ring and swivel loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enameled arms, with gilded laurel leaves in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central white