Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Auction Archive Nine men were stranded in

Nine men were stranded in the snow desert without preparation or equipment

Constructed of black wool with a cardboard core

Beginning in 1920

2) A War Commemorative Medal of 1870-1871

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Auction Archive Nine men were stranded in(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