Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class Cross By V. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity 1 Hong Kong

1 Hong Kong

three and a half weeks shy of his eighteenth birthday

the panels are rolled up and secured in place with two brown bakelite buttons on the right panel meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left

indicating that Zimmermann might have brought his parents

Footnote: John Thomas Evans was born on May 24

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class Cross By V. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity 1 Hong KongInstituted October 24, 1849. Type II. (1914 1918). In silver gilt, a white and red enamelled cross with gilt wreath segments in each quadrant, the obverse medallion features the inscription VER DIENST on a white enamel field, the reverse of the cross is plain white enamel, measures 30. 7mm (w) x 33. 6mm (h inclusive of integral ring), weighs 15. 9 grams (including ribbon), marked VM denoting Vincent Mayer Sohne manufacture and silver mark denoting 900