Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Archive the center is engraved with

the center is engraved with a leaping tiger within a squared border with the inscription “HAMILTON TIGER-CATS”

One of the sub-sections of the DAF was the DAF-Werkscharen (DAF Work Groups)

measuring 48 mm x 39 mm

measuring 85 mm (w) x 125 mm (l) x 20 cm (h)

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Archive the center is engraved with(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. First Period (1849 1914). Civil Division. An early Military Merit Cross, in silver and enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enamelled arms, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion inscribed with VERDIENST (Merit), the reverse with white enamelled arms and center, marked on the integral suspension ring with an FR denoting Rothe manufacture, a Diana head denoting