Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Hold It is dedicated “in close

It is dedicated “in close friendship and dearest affinity” to Fritz

Carpenter Worker at Tissages Guerry-Dupéray and Son

marked in silver ink "Silberne Militär Verdienst medaille" and stamped in black ink "Scbw

two Navigator (N)

The Soldbuch is dated to April 25

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Hold It is dedicated “in close(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