Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, c.1914 Province of China The regiment was then ordered

The regiment was then ordered to field duty in the Army of Virginia

It was similar in nature to the Lafayette Escadrille of the First World War

extremely rare collar tabs

on 14 June 1940

it must be considered to stand in near mint condition

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, c.1914 Province of China The regiment was then ordered(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