Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Hold positioned just behind the ridge

positioned just behind the ridge at Mont-Saint-Jean

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

The ring band is marked on the interior “STERLING”

including a wooden badge commemorating the Flag Presentation to the Warriors of Henndorf in 1939

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

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 Hold positioned just behind the ridge(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