Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class With Iii Class War Decoration And Swords, C.1935 Newly Listed to five years and eight

to five years and eight months for Efficiency Medal qualification

six crew were sent on to Lakehurst by aeroplane

He received special training with the Karabiner 98K bolt action rifle and the model 24 hand grenade

A silver gilt medal

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class With Iii Class War Decoration And Swords, C.1935 Newly Listed to five years and eightInstituted October 24, 1849. Type II. Military Division. A cross pattee of silver gilt construction, with red and white enamelled arms, the obverse presenting the inscription VER DIENST on a white field surrounded by a red enamel ring, between the arms sit a gilt wreath section with crossed swords piercing the central medallion, the reverse features a single vertical pin assembly with four rivets present to secure the wreath and swords to the obverse,