Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 certificate_of_authenticity Constructed of silvery-gray machine embroidery

Constructed of silvery-gray machine embroidery

the reverse of each with an integrated wool strap and buttonhole aligning with the analogous buttonhole on the obverse

where he completed Grade 12 and graduated in 1967

120 mm x 170 mm

inscribed in handwritten black ink "3566" at the lower right

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 certificate_of_authenticity Constructed of silvery-gray machine embroidery(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