Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Auction Archive measuring 68 mm (w) x

measuring 68 mm (w) x 68 mm (l) x 23 mm (h)

A grouping of documents

consisting of eight white enameled arms

incorporating two pockets and six black plastic buttons

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

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Auction Archive measuring 68 mm (w) x(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