Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross With Iii Class War Decoration, By A. Reitterer, C.1930 certificate_of_authenticity with a skinny tongue underneath

with a skinny tongue underneath the boards with button loop for uniform attachment

and afterwards

yet at the same time was deployed to the 10th Company of Grenadier Regiment 920

Translation: “Liesel Bürger of Hoyerswerda has won at the open district Swimming Festival of the Association for Popular Aquatics

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class Cross With Iii Class War Decoration, By A. Reitterer, C.1930 certificate_of_authenticity with a skinny tongue underneathInstituted October 24, 1849. In silver, a white and red enamelled cross pattee, the center medallion with the gilt inscription VER DIENST (For Merit), sections of a gilt wreath in each quadrant of the arms denotes III Class war decoration, the reverse presents a single vertica pin marked AR denoting manufacture by Anton Reitterer, and 935 silver mark, measures 61. 10mm (w) x 60. 80mm (h), weighs 74. 7 grams, enamels intact, oxidation to silver on