Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Third Class, German Manufacture, c.1900 visually-hidden (Luftwaffe Schiffchen)

(Luftwaffe Schiffchen)

the obverse bearing the left-facing head portrait of King George II of Greece circumscribed with “ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Β΄ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΟΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΟΝ” (GEORGE II KINGDOM OF GREECE)

lightly filled with handwritten entries

His sixth period of hospitalization would prove to be his longest

bereaved people of German volunteer soldiers who died during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39)

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Third Class, German Manufacture, c.1900 visually-hidden (Luftwaffe Schiffchen)(Militrverdienstkreuz III. Klasse). (1865 1914 issue). In silver Maltese Cross with white and red enamels, obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a gilt inscription of VERDIENST (MERIT) within a ring of red enamel, reverse with white enameled arms and centre, 30. 6 mm (w) x 33. 7mm (h), with uncommon silver import mark on integral ring referencing import from Neustadt, Germany (1867 1922), with enamel loss to centre obverse, period