Austria, Imperial. The Statutes Of The Military Merit Cross, 1914 Newly Listed Order for Bravery (in bronze

Order for Bravery (in bronze gilt

the Order of Public Instruction and the Order of Benevolence (later the Order of Merit)

and bears the signature of the Oberstleutnant und Regiments Kommandeur of that unit

the obverse shows a central horizontal bar bearing the inscription “Blut und Boden” (“Blood and Soil”)

(Meritorious Service Medal) Croix de Guerre (French War Cross) (B

Austria, Imperial. The Statutes Of The Military Merit Cross, 1914 Newly Listed Order for Bravery (in bronzeThe booklet includes the original statutes of the Military Merit Cross from 1849 with four addendums, the last one dated to November 16, 1914. 10 pages, measuring 241 mm (w) x 325 mm (h), presenting a folding crease, some damage to the spine, and light scuffing and creasing of the edges of both the cover and the individual pages, remains near very fine.