Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Ii Class Cross With Iii Class War Decoration, By Rudolph Souval, C.1915 Auction Archive nips in the paint on

nips in the paint on the base

Constructed of a gilt bronze badge with multi-coloured enamel shield over top of a silvered tombak wreath

with a Fliegersturm insignia on the tab

measuring 130 mm x 105 mm

destroying one British warship and seven merchant ships

Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Ii Class Cross With Iii Class War Decoration, By Rudolph Souval, C.1915 Auction Archive nips in the paint on(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on 22 October 1849. II Period. (1914 1918 Issue). A silver cross patte with white enamelled arms edged in red enamel, a gilded laurel wreath between the arms of the cross, the obverse centre features a white enamelled medallion edged in red, with the word VERDIENST (MERIT broken into VER and DIENST to fit the centre, the reverse is plain in white enamel, the link ring is stamped with two hallmarks: a Dianas head with