Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords With War Decoration, By Rudolf Marschall Archive etched into the reverse of

etched into the reverse of the eagle are the letters “F”

a scroll inscribed “ROYAL SCOTS GREYS”

on September 10

Footnote: The SS long service awards were first introduced by Adolf Hitler on january 30

with very light scattered scratches and minor marks common to the extraction and return to the scabbard

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords With War Decoration, By Rudolf Marschall Archive etched into the reverse 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