Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, by Aek Köchert, c.1915 Archive Commander of the U-Boat Fleet

Commander of the U-Boat Fleet

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with French silver hallmark of boars head denoting small silver guarantee post 1838 located on integral ball

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, by Aek Köchert, c.1915 Archive Commander of the U-Boat Fleet(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Type II (1914 1918 Issue). A Military Merit Cross III Class, extremely well executed 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 center,