Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class Cross with War Decoration and II Class Small Decoration, c.1915 United Republic of Instituted on 16 April 1771

Instituted on 16 April 1771

entitled "The Proud Trooper - The History of the Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry from its raising in the Eighteenth-Century till 1964" by Major W

constructed of silver with a lacquered wooden base

with its backing plate and all four prongs fully preserved

with a 15 cm blade

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class Cross with War Decoration and II Class Small Decoration, c.1915 United Republic of Instituted on 16 April 1771(Militrverdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit Kriegsdekoration und Miniatur). Instituted 24 October 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph. (1914 1918 Issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon indeed with a gilded and enameled II Class Small Decoration with Swords, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with white enameled arms trimmed with red enameled borders, joined through the