maker marked “Alois Klammer Innsbruck” on reverse
After the conclusion of hostilities
pin and catch assembly missing
padded and maker marked "TANFANI & BERTARELLI / Oggetti Sacri / Via S
constructed of a silvered and patinated bronze centrepiece set within a lacquered black wooden frame
Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, by Vincent Mayer, c.1914 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic maker marked “Alois Klammer Innsbruck”(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Type II (1914 1918 Issue). A Military Merit Cross III Class, of multi piece construction, in silver with red and white enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enamelled arms, with gilded laurel leaves in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion inscribed with VERDIENST (Merit) with the letters on a silver bar in two lines,