Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, 3Rd Class With Small Decoration certificate_of_authenticity Established in 1915 as exclusively

Established in 1915 as exclusively an aviation award

The last of these badges was awarded in 1944

contained within dark blue case of issue

(Offizierbewerber = Officer Candidates

and dated 1851 in the left corner

Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, 3Rd Class With Small Decoration certificate_of_authenticity Established in 1915 as exclusivelyMilitrverdienstkreuz. Instituted in 1849. Type II (1914 1918). In silver with red and white enamels, marked with a Diana's head (Dianakopf) hallmark, which was used between 1872 and 1922, the head flanked by the number "2" (silver fineness) on the left and the assay city mark "A" (Vienna) on the right, along with an indecipherable maker's mark on the obverse of the integral suspension, measuring 31. 2 mm (w) x 34 mm (h) inclusive of its integral