Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class to the Officers of the Intelligence Department OOK Archive He finished the war in

He finished the war in the rank of Sergeant and was discharged from war service on March 3

to train as an infantry soldier

Constructed of thick

on a matching deep green rayon backer

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class to the Officers of the Intelligence Department OOK Archive He finished the war in(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Type II (1914 1918 Issue). A Military Merit Cross III Class, of high quality manufacture and unique history, constructed of 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