Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Auction The obverse shows a yucca

The obverse shows a yucca plant in the desert

minute contact on obverse

and include moderate material fatigue throughout the exterior material with deliberate removal of the peak insignia

Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a black rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

with a celluloid button

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Auction The obverse shows a yucca(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. First Period (1849 1914). Civil Division. An early Military Merit Cross, in silver and enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enamelled arms, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion inscribed with VERDIENST (Merit), the reverse with white enamelled arms and center, marked on the integral suspension ring with an FR denoting Rothe manufacture, a Diana head denoting