Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords With War Decoration, By Rudolf Marschall Hold he achieved the ranks of

he achieved the ranks of Ordinary Seaman (circa 1886)

hanger numbered "7117" on the reverse)

Screwback Version - Silver frame

When the 56th LAA Battery South African Air Force was posted to it

Between November 15th

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords With War Decoration, By Rudolf Marschall Hold he achieved the ranks of(Militrverdienstkreuz, II. Klasse mit Schwertern und Kriegsdekoration). In silver, consisting of a Cross Patte, obverse with red and white enameled arms, the quadrants with a green enameled laurel wreath, with a central white enameled medallion bearing a raised silver inscription of VERDIENST (MERIT), surrounded by a ring of red enamels, the reverse plain, with fully white enameled arms and centerpiece, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop