Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Kochert, in Case GTRexclude minor rusted surface

minor rusted surface

demonstrating total loss of black finish

the heads of the Romanov eagle each bearing a loop accommodating a suspension apparatus in the form of a Gold crown with blue

marked L59 underneath for Alois Rettenmaier

the obverse depicting the leftward facing bust of Georg of Hannover

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Kochert, in Case GTRexclude minor rusted surface(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 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 a white