Austria, Imperial. A Rare Military Merit Cross, III Class, c.1860 visually-hidden "In Treue Fest" (In Loyalty

"In Treue Fest" (In Loyalty Steadfast)

marked "ELLIS BROS

constructed of off-white paper stock

the obverse rivets with a raised and silvered Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

with one integrated loop and one prong securing in place an aluminum neck chain

Austria, Imperial. A Rare Military Merit Cross, III Class, c.1860 visually-hidden "In Treue Fest" (In Loyalty(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Type I (1849 1914 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 is entirely enamelled in white to