Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with War Decoration, c.1860 Republic of The order was created in

The order was created in 1886 by Emperor Dong Khanh as a civil and military award and was also awarded by French Colonial government

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the interior bright and clean

and the latter featuring intricate ribbed and knotted imagery

secured to a piece of wood that is visible inside the scabbard itself

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with War Decoration, c.1860 Republic of The order was created in(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Military Division. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, of multi piece construction, in silver with red and white enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enamelled arms, with 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 a white enamelled