Austria, Empire. Two Merit Decorations, C.1917 GTRexclude 1940 in Paddington

1940 in Paddington

and very rare from that period

with a side-view of an E-Boat cutting through a wave

sharply-pointed blade

Austria, Empire. Two Merit Decorations, C.1917 GTRexclude 1940 in PaddingtonCross of Merit, 2nd Class, Third Period (1914 1918): Verdienstkreuz. Instituted in 1849. In silver gilt with red and white enamels, marked with a Diana's head (Dianakopf) hallmark, which was used between 1872 and 1922, the head flanked by the number "2" (silver fineness) on the left and the assay city mark "A" (Vienna) on the right, and maker marked "G. A. S." (G. A. Scheid) on the ring, measuring 36. 5 mm (w) x 40. 7 mm (h), chipping evident in the