Austria, I Republic. A Military Merit Cross I Class, By Anton Reitterer, C.1935 Archive as part of the Military

as part of the Military Air Transport Service

chipping and crazing in the white enamels on the arms

All medals were apparently issued with the recipient's name engraved on the reverse and came in a presentation case containing the name of the manufacturer on the inside cover

in top quality and condition

maker marked on reverse “Glaser & Sohn

Austria, I Republic. A Military Merit Cross I Class, By Anton Reitterer, C.1935 Archive as part of the Military(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