Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, By C. F Rothe, C.1900 Auction Archive wearing a helmet

wearing a helmet

torn corners on the lid

Three months after the devastating loss of his wife and the children's mother

small imperfections to grey clothing

paper backer peeling back from the tips of the wings and cracked through above the swastika

Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, By C. F Rothe, C.1900 Auction Archive wearing a helmet(Militrverdienstkreuz). Type III. Issued 1865 1914. A silver cross pattee with red and white enameled arms; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion inscribed VERDIENST (German Merit); the reverse fully enameled in white; on a double loop for suspension marked FR for C. F. Rothe, Wien, a Vienna assay mark, and a mark for 800 silver purity; accompanied by its period original tri fold ribbon; measuring 30. 74 mm (w) x 30. 89 mm (h); weighing