Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, SM U-14, 1917 Archive flanked by torches and framed

flanked by torches and framed by a flowing ribbon banner inscribed "U

was awarded the Defence Medal

The book contains 184 pages of text and photographs

pasted to a Kodak photo paper backer

where he died honorably fighting for these ideals

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class, SM U-14, 1917 Archive flanked by torches and framed(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted on October 24th, 1849. Type II (1914 1918 Issue). A Military Merit Cross III Class, of multi piece construction, in silver with red and white enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enamelled arms, with gilded laurel leaves in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion inscribed with VERDIENST (Merit), the reverse with white enamelled arms and