Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Rothe, c.1916 GTRexclude and contains a note thanking

and contains a note thanking him for making George H

The screw-bottom case-back is crafted of steel and is marked as such with “Stahlboden” (Steel bottom)

of fine quality manufacture mounted on original Austrian style ribbon

Footnote: This Order was established on the 6th Anniversary of Korean Independence

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Rothe, c.1916 GTRexclude and contains a note thanking(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 a white enamelled medallion,