Austria, Empire. Two Merit Decorations, C.1917 Newly Listed Army Feldwebel Anti-Tank Straps &

Army Feldwebel Anti-Tank Straps & Boards - Unit “73”– set of four

slotted for ribbon insert

superbly rendered painting in black and gray tones of a tiger in the lower left corner

570th Military Police Battalion (bronze gilt with red

Austria, Empire. Two Merit Decorations, C.1917 Newly Listed Army Feldwebel Anti-Tank Straps &Cross of Merit, 2nd Class, Third Period (1914 1918): Verdienstkreuz. Instituted in 1849. In silver gilt with red and white enamels, marked with a Diana's head (Dianakopf) hallmark, which was used between 1872 and 1922, the head flanked by the number "2" (silver fineness) on the left and the assay city mark "A" (Vienna) on the right, and maker marked "G. A. S." (G. A. Scheid) on the ring, measuring 36. 5 mm (w) x 40. 7 mm (h), chipping evident in the