Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Small Decoration, C.1917 Hold with the face being protected

with the face being protected by period-original acrylic domed crystal

Returning soldiers wore colorful ribbons denoting their decorations and service medals

OVERSEAS" (4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Regiment)

1940 and signed in blue ink by Counter Admiral and Commander of Securing the North Sea

Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Small Decoration, C.1917 Hold with the face being protected(Militrverdienstkreuz III. Klasse und Kleiner Dekoration). Issued 1914 1918. A silver cross pattee with red and white enamels; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion inscribed VERDIENST (German Merit); the reverse all in white enamels; on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, with a miniature decoration attached to the ribbon for the second class cross with war decoration; marked with an Austrian silver mark for