Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross Document & Official Award Requests To Captain And Machine Gun Battalion Leader Voit 1914 Auction with a blue enameled cross

with a blue enameled cross

Footnote: The Old Guard of the City of Philadelphia was a ceremonial battalion in Philadelphia

while the dagger completes with a flattened pommel nut

set around a stylized map of Germany

the red felt of insignia secured in place via a brass plate pinned in place

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross Document & Official Award Requests To Captain And Machine Gun Battalion Leader Voit 1914 Auction with a blue enameled crossThe award certificate for the Military Merit Cross with War Decoration is made out to Hauptmann (Captain) Rudolf Voit. The document is dated to Vienna on November 12, 1914. Measuring 236 mm (w) x 386 mm (h), presenting two folding creases, and light creasing and fraying of the edges, remains very fine. The certificate is accompanied by twelve pages (some duplicates) of official award requests for Voit. The awards in question include the War Merit