Austria-Hungary, Imperial. A 2Nd Army Carpathian Winter Campaign Cap Badge, By Gurschner Newly Listed The War Merit Cross 2nd

The War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords award document is named to Unteroffizier Hartmann of H

the speed of the aircraft combined with the short landing distance

the loop marked with a silver hallmark and an incomplete strike of a maker’s mark

he entered the Army in 1890 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Leinster Regiment

Issues consistent with age and field use are evident

Austria-Hungary, Imperial. A 2Nd Army Carpathian Winter Campaign Cap Badge, By Gurschner Newly Listed The War Merit Cross 2nd(Kappenabzeichen). A die stamped bronze gilt badge, in a horizontal rectangular shape with rounded off top corners, the obverse centre illustrates the portrait of Franz Joseph I superimposed over a plaque, above the engraved inscription VIRIBUS UNITIS, directly above the portrait is the inscription 2. ARMEE, at the base of the badge are two leaf motifs, behind the portrait plaque is an Alpine scene containing soldiers with rifles, enclosing the scene