Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Rothe, in Case, c.1914 United Republic of two-piece silvered bronze insignia on

two-piece silvered bronze insignia on a red enamelled circle

4mm (w) x 88

with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch

measuring 12 cm in diameter

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Rothe, in Case, c.1914 United Republic of two-piece silvered bronze insignia on(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 a central white enamelled