Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Small Decoration, C.1917 GTRexclude Thrush is accounted as 1

Thrush is accounted as 1 of 22 ships that were not entitled to a bar

horizontal tapered pinback with an integral hinge and a crimped flat wire catch

by Sir Douglas Haig on April 7

white and black embroidered insignia

along with being a dedicated civic worker in Asheville

Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Small Decoration, C.1917 GTRexclude Thrush is accounted as 1(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