Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Small I Class with War Decoration, by Kochert, c.1900 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with stylized letters “Z”

with stylized letters “Z”

flanked on each side by sun rays and with four oak leaves and two acorns on each side

surface spotting on the ASM

before joining his new unit on the 11th

the reverse with inscription “Großes erleben macht ehrfürchtig und im Herzen fest - Kaiser Wilhelm II

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Small I Class with War Decoration, by Kochert, c.1900 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with stylized letters “Z”(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 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 a white