Austria, I Republic. A Military Merit Cross I Class, By Anton Reitterer, C.1935 Archive A 1934 SA-Sportwettkampf Sturmbann II/29

A 1934 SA-Sportwettkampf Sturmbann II/29 badge (3-10

maker marked on reverse “Glaser & Sohn

chipping and crazing in the white enamels on the arms

adorned with bright pink (rose) Waffenfarbe piping and the number “8” embroidered onto the obverse of the boards

as part of the Military Air Transport Service

Austria, I Republic. A Military Merit Cross I Class, By Anton Reitterer, C.1935 Archive A 1934 SA-Sportwettkampf Sturmbann II/29(Militrverdienstkreuz I Klasse). Instituted 22 October 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. (1849 1918 issue; ca. 1935 reissue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with finely detailed red and white enameled arms, with a central white enameled medallion bearing a raised gilt inscription of VERDIENST (MERIT), within a red enameled ring, with a gilt laurel wreath set through the quadrants, the reverse