Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Buy Now the reverse with the inscription

the reverse with the inscription да возиесеть бась господь вь ское воема

edge trimmed in leather piping

rim impressed 1010129 PTE

1941 and SS-Rotten

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Buy Now the reverse with the inscription(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. First Period (1849 1914). Civil Division. An early Military Merit Cross, in silver and enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enamelled arms, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion inscribed with VERDIENST (Merit), the reverse with white enamelled arms and center, marked on the integral suspension ring with an FR denoting Rothe manufacture, a Diana head denoting