Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross “Piis Meritis” For Military Chaplains, Iii Class, C.1960 Archive Measuring 213x153mm

Measuring 213x153mm

promoted to SS-Sturmmann in 1941

The cockade measures 38 mm (w) x 65 mm (h) and is affixed to a malleable bronze wire stand

38 mm (w) x 20 mm (h)

plus a Silver Cross

Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross “Piis Meritis” For Military Chaplains, Iii Class, C.1960 Archive Measuring 213x153mm(Piis Meritis). Instituted 1801. Type III (1911 1918). Military Division. A late Rothe manufacture of the Piis Meritis Cross, a silver cross with shamrock arms, the obverse medallion with a blue enamelled field bearing the inscription PIIS MERITIS, the reverse mirrors the obverse, worn on a ribbon with crossed swords in bronze gilt, measures 46. 8mm (w) x 62. 2mm (h inclusive of integral ring), weighs 27. 6 grams (including ribbon), wear to silver,