Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross With Iii Class War Decoration, By A. Reitterer, C.1930 GTRexclude both clips intact)

both clips intact)

featuring a silver gilded laurel wreath between the arms

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

unmarked (sole maker was Braca Knaus

measuring 38 mm (w) x 45 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross With Iii Class War Decoration, By A. Reitterer, C.1930 GTRexclude both clips intact)Instituted 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