Austria, Imperial. An Military Merit Cross, III Class, by Vincent Mayers Sohne, c.1915 Province of China on transfer to the Canadian

on transfer to the Canadian Record List on March 21

The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has earned special merits for society"

one on each breast and one at the waist on both sides

of which 138 were during the first world war

1914-15 Star (Major R

Austria, Imperial. An Military Merit Cross, III Class, by Vincent Mayers Sohne, c.1915 Province of China on transfer to the Canadian(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), the reverse with white enamelled arms and