Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with War Decoration, by Moritz Tiller of Vienna Hold the aircraft coming to rest

the aircraft coming to rest in the Laacher Sea (a volcanic caldera lake) near Andernach Germany

Although torpedos were launched at the Vancouver

GORDON" on the reverse

The front bears a finely-detailed bronze gilt crowned two-headed Austrian eagle coat-of-arms

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with War Decoration, by Moritz Tiller of Vienna Hold the aircraft coming to rest(Militrverdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit Kriegsdekoration). Instituted October 24th, 1849. (Second Period: 1914 1918 issue). Of multi piece construction, in silver with red and white enamels, the obverse consisting of a Cross Patte with white and red enamels, with a laurel wreath in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the center with a white enameled medallion inscribed Verdienst in capital letters, the reverse of the cross in white enamels,