Austria, I Republic. A Military Merit Cross I Class, By Anton Reitterer, C.1935 Newly Listed which was in the Balkans

which was in the Balkans

correct replacement ribbon and suspension

and the logo of the RAD on the reverse

suspended from a traditional rectangular hanger with pinback

John James Creech

Austria, I Republic. A Military Merit Cross I Class, By Anton Reitterer, C.1935 Newly Listed which was in the Balkans(Militrverdienstkreuz I Klasse). Instituted 22 October 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. (1849 1918 issue; ca. 1935 reissue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with finely detailed red and white enameled arms, with a central white enameled medallion bearing a raised gilt inscription of VERDIENST (MERIT), within a red enameled ring, with a gilt laurel wreath set through the quadrants, the reverse