Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Rothe, in Case, c.1915 certificate_of_authenticity DUX HASSIAE INSTIT” (“INSTITUTED BY

DUX HASSIAE INSTIT” (“INSTITUTED BY GRAND DUKE LUDWIG II OF HESSE)

with black corduroy backers

an excellent quality work of art in both the portrait and frame

each constructed of a light brown card stock binding with non-paginated interior pages filled with handwritten entries detailing Osterrieder’s flight activities between the years 1935 and 1941

the shield measuring 52 mm (w) x 62 mm (h)

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Rothe, in Case, c.1915 certificate_of_authenticity DUX HASSIAE INSTIT” (“INSTITUTED BY(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