Austria, I Republic. A Military Merit Cross I Class, By Anton Reitterer, C.1935 Newly Listed suspended from a traditional rectangular

suspended from a traditional rectangular hanger with pinback

47 mm long knurled needle style pin

correct replacement ribbon and suspension

which was in the Balkans

Criticism of the Society existed in the mid-1780s when citizens argued that this society of officers

Austria, I Republic. A Military Merit Cross I Class, By Anton Reitterer, C.1935 Newly Listed suspended from a traditional rectangular(Militrverdienstkreuz I Klasse). Instituted 22 October 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. (1849 1918 issue; ca. 1935 reissue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with finely detailed red and white enameled arms, with a central white enameled medallion bearing a raised gilt inscription of VERDIENST (MERIT), within a red enameled ring, with a gilt laurel wreath set through the quadrants, the reverse