Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Auction Archive Nine men were stranded in

Nine men were stranded in the snow desert without preparation or equipment

The pilot Alexan Thurbull decided to ditch his aircraft in Lake Mjoso

Dated August 5th

measuring 68 mm (w) x 68 mm (l) x 23 mm (h)

Beginning in 1920

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Auction Archive Nine men were stranded in(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