Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 GTRexclude and flat hand embroidered gilt

and flat hand embroidered gilt stitching

From 1919 onwards all awards were in silver

the obverse of one with a gilded circular laurel leaf wreath with a central mobile swastika

The document is signed twice by a captain

Alberta) Cap Badge CEF - In pickled copper

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Scheid, in Case, c.1915 GTRexclude and flat hand embroidered gilt(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