a crowned W cypher in the center
Footnote: This is one of about eighty varieties of Ersatz Bayonets manufactured during the First World War
on loop for suspension from period replacement cornflower blue ribbon
32 mm x 113 mm each
It measures approximately 43 cm across the shoulders (seam to seam)
Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Type I, in Case, c.1880 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic a crowned W cypher in(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, a Diana head denoting