Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords With War Decoration, By Rudolf Marschall Hold 9 / HEIGHT 5'7" to

9 / HEIGHT 5'7" to 5'8" / BREAST - 39" to 40"

he achieved the ranks of Ordinary Seaman (circa 1886)

hanger numbered "7117" on the reverse)

Special Constabulary Long Service Medal

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords With War Decoration, By Rudolf Marschall Hold 9 / HEIGHT 5'7" to(Militrverdienstkreuz, II. Klasse mit Schwertern und Kriegsdekoration). In silver, consisting of a Cross Patte, obverse with red and white enameled arms, the quadrants with a green enameled laurel wreath, with a central white enameled medallion bearing a raised silver inscription of VERDIENST (MERIT), surrounded by a ring of red enamels, the reverse plain, with fully white enameled arms and centerpiece, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop