Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, by Vincent Mayer, c.1914 United Republic of USAAF Air Service Private First

USAAF Air Service Private First Class

impeccable enamels and Gold detailing

original ribbon with bar)

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) Kinnear

(Feuerschutzpolizei Uniformhose)

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, by Vincent Mayer, c.1914 United Republic of USAAF Air Service Private First(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) with the letters on a silver bar in two lines,