Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class Cross with War Decoration and II Class Small Decoration, c.1915 certificate_of_authenticity the newsprint of the articles

the newsprint of the articles having yellowed over time)

1827 by Queen Therese of Bavaria as an order for noble ladies in the kingdom

unmarked but undoubtedly French made

reverse bears inscription Barbatie Si Oredinta”

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class Cross with War Decoration and II Class Small Decoration, c.1915 certificate_of_authenticity the newsprint of the articles(Militrverdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit Kriegsdekoration und Miniatur). Instituted 24 October 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph. (1914 1918 Issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon indeed with a gilded and enameled II Class Small Decoration with Swords, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with white enameled arms trimmed with red enameled borders, joined through the