Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Vincent Mayer, in Case, c.1914 Newly Listed but soon after turned to

but soon after turned to study law in Heidelberg and Berlin

maker marked LORIOLI MILANO

the exterior bearing an inscription of “VERWUNDETENABZEICHN SCHWARZ” (“WOUND BADGE IN BLACK”) and a maker’s mark of “HEINRICH WANDER

He was one of the organizers of the Cote des Neiges Council of Churches and a Past President of St

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Vincent Mayer, in Case, c.1914 Newly Listed but soon after turned to(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 presents white enamel arms with