Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with War Decoration, by Moritz Tiller of Vienna Hold An extremely rare triangle-shaped striped

An extremely rare triangle-shaped striped figure

One support bar in the workings cabinet is marked in French "AVANCE" (Advance) and "RETARD" (Delay)

the reverse with a small intact loop for suspension from an award chain

the aircraft coming to rest in the Laacher Sea (a volcanic caldera lake) near Andernach Germany

The front bears a finely-detailed bronze gilt crowned two-headed Austrian eagle coat-of-arms

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class with War Decoration, by Moritz Tiller of Vienna Hold An extremely rare triangle-shaped striped(Militrverdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit Kriegsdekoration). Instituted October 24th, 1849. (Second Period: 1914 1918 issue). Of multi piece construction, in silver with red and white enamels, the obverse consisting of a Cross Patte with white and red enamels, with a laurel wreath in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the center with a white enameled medallion inscribed Verdienst in capital letters, the reverse of the cross in white enamels,