Austria, Empire. Two Merit Decorations, C.1917 Newly Listed scattered oxidation spots on the

scattered oxidation spots on the reverse

with its medal ribbon bar style ribbon sewn to the loop

superbly rendered painting in black and gray tones of a tiger in the lower left corner

that he had twelve years' previous service with the 2nd Battalion

Austria, Empire. Two Merit Decorations, C.1917 Newly Listed scattered oxidation spots on theCross of Merit, 2nd Class, Third Period (1914 1918): Verdienstkreuz. Instituted in 1849. In silver gilt with red and white enamels, marked with a Diana's head (Dianakopf) hallmark, which was used between 1872 and 1922, the head flanked by the number "2" (silver fineness) on the left and the assay city mark "A" (Vienna) on the right, and maker marked "G. A. S." (G. A. Scheid) on the ring, measuring 36. 5 mm (w) x 40. 7 mm (h), chipping evident in the