Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Small Decoration, C.1917 GTRexclude Belfast and Orange Free State

Belfast and Orange Free State

white and black embroidered insignia

Thrush is accounted as 1 of 22 ships that were not entitled to a bar

and "602" the steel batch number) on the underside of the helmet at the front

44 mm x 51

Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, Third Class With Small Decoration, C.1917 GTRexclude Belfast and Orange Free State(Militrverdienstkreuz III. Klasse und Kleiner Dekoration). Issued 1914 1918. A silver cross pattee with red and white enamels; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion inscribed VERDIENST (German Merit); the reverse all in white enamels; on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, with a miniature decoration attached to the ribbon for the second class cross with war decoration; marked with an Austrian silver mark for