Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic due to political reasons (Romania

due to political reasons (Romania was still under Ottoman suzerainty)

with dual snap closures

a crowned W cypher in the center

SOLINGEN” for the firm of Richard Abraham Herder

affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with an intact paper backer and field-grey liner indicating Heer issue

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic due to political reasons (Romania(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