Austria, I Republic. A Military Merit Cross I Class, By Anton Reitterer, C.1935 Hold 35 mm x 77 mm

35 mm x 77 mm

number impressed "143325" on the reverse

Footnote: The colours of the badge was taken from the ancient thirteenth century flag of the Letts and was worn on the upper right arm by Latvian volunteers on their German uniforms

Meyer spent nine months at the SS Junker School in Bad Tölz

marked “L/21” (Förster & Barth

Austria, I Republic. A Military Merit Cross I Class, By Anton Reitterer, C.1935 Hold 35 mm x 77 mm(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