Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Medal, III Class by Mayer & Sohne, in Case visually-hidden All stitching is intact

All stitching is intact

Constructed of off-white paper with multi-coloured ink

highlight on the rim exposing "EDMUND"

Badge (two-piece construction

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Medal, III Class by Mayer & Sohne, in Case visually-hidden All stitching is intact(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 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