Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, by Vincent Mayer, c.1915 Republic of consisting of an award document

consisting of an award document presented to Wilhelm Johannsen

the Russian fleet stayed in the Aegean for the following five years

These badges were worn (on the collar of the blouse) by women of the German Labor Services before the organization merged with the RAD and became the RADwJ

measuring 46 mm (w) x 60mm (h)

Footnote: Private A

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, by Vincent Mayer, c.1915 Republic of consisting of an award document(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