each made of five quills
which in tense situations enabled him to hold his fire until his opponent had closed to point-blank range
22 mm (h - inclusive of integral ring)
He was baptized in the Roman Catholic faith at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Erie
” and dates “OKTOBER 1943-MAI 1944”
Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Buy Now each made of five quills(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. First Period (1849 1914). Civil Division. An early Military Merit Cross, in silver and enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enamelled arms, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion inscribed with VERDIENST (Merit), the reverse with white enamelled arms and center, marked on the integral suspension ring with an FR denoting Rothe manufacture, an Austria Hungary dog