Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic yet the starting and ending

yet the starting and ending date of this deployment are unknown

The lower left retains the remnants of an HJ-issue Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label

bearing “1913” on the obverse

it was also awarded for exemplary military service

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic yet the starting and ending(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Type II (1914 1918 Issue). A Military Merit Cross III Class, of multi piece construction, in silver with red and white enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enamelled arms, with gilded laurel leaves in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion inscribed with VERDIENST (Merit), the reverse with white enamelled arms and