A Type Ii First Class Austrian Cross Of Merit With Crown GTRexclude before being discharged on September

before being discharged on September 27th

embarking Canada for the Far East a week later

Maker marked "ENTWURF PEEKHAUS AUSF

Accompanied by a modern photograph exhibiting a field memorial to Richten reading "Hier ruht / Korporal Erich Richter / Feldpilot der K

A Type Ii First Class Austrian Cross Of Merit With Crown GTRexclude before being discharged on SeptemberThis is a very fine Type II (1875 1914) 1st Class Austrian Cross of Merit with Crown; fine quality manufacture in gilt silver and white and textured red enamels (slight chip on the right arm of the cross); hallmarked Silber with Vincent Mayers Shne oak leaf; measuring 59 mm x 37 mm; original ribbon; better than very fine condition.