Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, by Vincent Mayer, c.1915 Buy Now and Royal Engineers Cap Badge

and Royal Engineers Cap Badge (bronze

the Collar Tab measuring 27 mm (w) x 35 mm (h)

primarily written in French

Rupp was conscripted on the date of issue

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, by Vincent Mayer, c.1915 Buy Now and Royal Engineers Cap Badge(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Type II (1914 1918 Issue). 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 gilded 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