Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Rothe, in Case, c.1914 Archive the obverse centre bears the

the obverse centre bears the Roman numeral “XV” (15) on a gilded enamel background

Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Count Zeppelin and Zeppelin in Campaign Action Commemorative Medal 1914 (in bronze

Bauer also signed it in blue ink

The center grand cross has a iron magnetic/core

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class by Rothe, in Case, c.1914 Archive the obverse centre bears the(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 a central white enamelled