Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, By C. F Rothe, C.1900 Auction Archive Three months after the devastating

Three months after the devastating loss of his wife and the children's mother

light scuffing on the lid

including 178 bombing

paper backer peeling back from the tips of the wings and cracked through above the swastika

wearing a helmet

Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, By C. F Rothe, C.1900 Auction Archive Three months after the devastating(Militrverdienstkreuz). Type III. Issued 1865 1914. A silver cross pattee with red and white enameled arms; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion inscribed VERDIENST (German Merit); the reverse fully enameled in white; on a double loop for suspension marked FR for C. F. Rothe, Wien, a Vienna assay mark, and a mark for 800 silver purity; accompanied by its period original tri fold ribbon; measuring 30. 74 mm (w) x 30. 89 mm (h); weighing