Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, c.1914 Auction Archive The remaining Vichy French forces

The remaining Vichy French forces had managed to slip out of the Australian encirclement and had withdrawn from Damour

marked "18 Ct" on the ring

in artificially blackened aluminum

with a crossed sword and hammer at the base

with a white enameled Maltese cross affixed by four pins

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, c.1914 Auction Archive The remaining Vichy French forces(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Type II (1914 1918 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 with white enamelled arms and a