Austria, Empire. A Cross Of Merit, Third Class, C.1916 Hold Ayres was Commanding Officer with

Ayres was Commanding Officer with the Fifth Medical Battalion and was Assistant Division Surgeon

very nice early quality manufacture

in small size

is awarding Order of Merit

Austria, Empire. A Cross Of Merit, Third Class, C.1916 Hold Ayres was Commanding Officer with(Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse). Issued 1914 1918. A hollow bronze gilt Latin cross with rounded edges, with red enameled arms on the obverse and reverse; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion, inscribed FJ (Franz Josef) in capital gilt lettering, surrounded by a gilt ring, and an ornately decorated white ring of enamels; the reverse with a similar white enameled medallion, dated 1849 in gilt numbers, surrounded by a narrow gilt ring, and a