Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, by Aek Köchert, c.1915 Archive original bow-tied ribbon with safety

original bow-tied ribbon with safety pin attachment

similarly featuring a ribbed exterior

light patina on the frame

Commander of the U-Boat Fleet

brilliant cut diamonds in a pavé setting

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, by Aek Köchert, c.1915 Archive original bow-tied ribbon with safety(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Type II (1914 1918 Issue). A Military Merit Cross III Class, extremely well executed 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 center,