Austria, Empire. Two Crosses Of Merit On Their Wartime Ribbons Newly Listed that he had had two

that he had had two camps on instruction

BARNES) Naming is engraved

seeing active service during the Great War against the Central Powers

with a thick vertical pinback - marked “H

Austria, Empire. Two Crosses Of Merit On Their Wartime Ribbons Newly Listed that he had had two1914 1916 Issue. (Verdienstkreuz am Kriegsband). A grouping of two Crosses of Merit, consisting of 1) A Golden Cross of Merit; constructed of silver gilt and white and red enamels; on a loop for suspension marked G. A. S for G. A. Schied, Vienna and marked with the silver hallmark denoting 90% silver purity and manufacture between 1872 and 1922; accompanied by its period original wartime ribbon; measuring 36. 44 mm (w) x 40. 73 mm (h); weighing 13. 6