Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Military Division, Collector’s Example C.1970 Auction and a Letter Addressed to

and a Letter Addressed to His Parents from the Decorations and Medals Branch (inscribed in black typewriter face "Mr

featuring a double-sided white disc placed off-centre and overlaid by a central black RADwJ insignia in the form of a mobile swastika set within wheat stalks

Instituted 1880 by King Kalakaua and named the Order in honor of his wife

marked on exterior with Bayr

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Military Division, Collector’s Example C.1970 Auction and a Letter Addressed to(Militrverdienstkreuz, I. Klasse Museumsstck). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with its arms joined together through the quadrants by a green enameled laurel wreath, the obverse with white enameled arms outlined in red enamel, bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a raised and gilded inscription of VERDIENST (MERIT), within a ring of red enamel, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and