Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Rothe, in Case, c.1914 GTRexclude while the reverse ricasso bears

while the reverse ricasso bears a maker’s mark of “ORIGINAL EICKHORN

the reverse in postcard format and bearing a handwritten inscription with address to a Hungarian recipient

(1870-1951)

attributed in 1896 to R

Constructed of silvered nickel

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Rothe, in Case, c.1914 GTRexclude while the reverse ricasso bears(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 central white enamelled