Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, V. Mayer & Sons, c. 1918 Archive (iii) Square Rig "Dickey" (upper

(iii) Square Rig "Dickey" (upper in navy blue cotton with three rows of white cotton trim on three sides

the rear with a horizontal gray strap with a vertical suspending gray strap attached

scattered contact marks and surface wear

with his mother Louisa receiving his Memorial Cross

each constructed of dark green wool with buckram cores and topped by dual machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire insignia

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, V. Mayer & Sons, c. 1918 Archive (iii) Square Rig "Dickey" (upper(Militrverdienstkreuz, III Klasse). Instituted October 22nd, 1849. (c. 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and silver gilt with multi coloured enamels, on a fixed loop and swivel ring for suspension from its period original Austrian style tri folded ribbon featuring gilded crossed swords, consisting of a silver Cross Patte with a silver gilt laurel wreath in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse of the cross with red and white