Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords With War Decoration, By Rudolf Marschall Archive Three other First Class medals

Three other First Class medals were awarded to Ladies also involved in the Coronation Ceremony

some of the original silver wash still remains

hand filed four armed star

a scroll inscribed “ROYAL SCOTS GREYS”

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 Three other First Class medals(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