Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, by Vincent Mayer, c.1914 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic He crashed his aircraft behind

He crashed his aircraft behind enemy lines and was captured and held as a POW in France

maker marked “Alois Klammer Innsbruck” on reverse

on open worked crown

an interesting and unique perspective of the complete destruction of this city

After the conclusion of hostilities

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, by Vincent Mayer, c.1914 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic He crashed his aircraft behind(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,