Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Military Division, Collector’s Example C.1970 GTRexclude (Erster Weltkrieg Witwen-Abzeichen)

(Erster Weltkrieg Witwen-Abzeichen)

War Merit Cross 2 Class with Swords

II Class Silver Grade (in silver

until Walter was shot down and captured in August of 1917

the Scottish Military Collectors Club and the Company of Military Historians

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Military Division, Collector’s Example C.1970 GTRexclude (Erster Weltkrieg Witwen-Abzeichen)(Militrverdienstkreuz, I. Klasse Museumsstck). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with its arms joined together through the quadrants by a green enameled laurel wreath, the obverse with white enameled arms outlined in red enamel, bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a raised and gilded inscription of VERDIENST (MERIT), within a ring of red enamel, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and