Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class Cross By V. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity indicating that Zimmermann might have

indicating that Zimmermann might have brought his parents

with the top of the ring being gold plated with partial black enamels

Copy of his photo

three and a half weeks shy of his eighteenth birthday

presenting four folding creases and two holes punched at the left side

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, Iii Class Cross By V. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity indicating that Zimmermann might haveInstituted 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