Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, C.1856 GTRexclude Over the next three months

Over the next three months the 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade would experience the heaviest shelling and mortaring of any period that it spent in the front lines

24 mm (w) x 28

centre insignia in red

Parts of the aircraft washed ashore

820 Canadians captured and held during the Great War

Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, C.1856 GTRexclude Over the next three monthsType II. 1855 1865 Issue. (Militrverdienstkreuz). A silver cross pattee with red and white enameled arms; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion inscribed Verdienst (German Merit); the reverse fully enameled in white; on a double loop suspension from its correct replacement tri fold ribbon with a collectors tag attached to the reverse; unmarked; measuring 31. 22 (w) x 31. 17 mm (h); weighing 9. 8 grams; in overall better than extremely