Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, By C. F Rothe, C.1900 Auction Archive wearing a helmet

wearing a helmet

with dark blue wool Kriegsmarine backer

1st Class (AKA Croix de Guerre)

light scuffing on the lid

torn corners on the lid

Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, By C. F Rothe, C.1900 Auction Archive wearing a helmet(Militrverdienstkreuz). Type III. Issued 1865 1914. A silver cross pattee with red and white enameled arms; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion inscribed VERDIENST (German Merit); the reverse fully enameled in white; on a double loop for suspension marked FR for C. F. Rothe, Wien, a Vienna assay mark, and a mark for 800 silver purity; accompanied by its period original tri fold ribbon; measuring 30. 74 mm (w) x 30. 89 mm (h); weighing