Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross With Iii Class War Decoration, By A. Reitterer, C.1930 GTRexclude 1897 and was worn by

1897 and was worn by Military Doctors who did not graduate from the Imperial Military Medical Academy but from a medical school

featuring a silver gilded laurel wreath between the arms

and Warsaw City Council Medal of Merit

tiny chip in the white enamels on the reverse of the slightly bent arm tip at 7 o'clock

constructed of a heavy red wool base and centering a white rayon circular field

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross With Iii Class War Decoration, By A. Reitterer, C.1930 GTRexclude 1897 and was worn byInstituted October 24, 1849. In silver, a white and red enamelled cross pattee, the center medallion with the gilt inscription VER DIENST (For Merit), sections of a gilt wreath in each quadrant of the arms denotes III Class war decoration, the reverse presents a single vertica pin marked AR denoting manufacture by Anton Reitterer, and 935 silver mark, measures 61. 10mm (w) x 60. 80mm (h), weighs 74. 7 grams, enamels intact, oxidation to silver on