Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Archive The purpose of the VFW

The purpose of the VFW is to speed rehabilitation of the nation’s disabled and needy veterans

John Robert "Shatz" Dyas

Riveted to the peak is a gilded brass insignia consisting of a central Württemberg coat of arms

5 mm (h) inclusive of its ring suspension

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Archive The purpose of the VFW(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