Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross In Gold, Ii Class With Case, By V. Mayer’s Söhne United Republic of Of my last two friends

Of my last two friends

1918 to November 1918

1st Infantry Battalion (father of George William Neil) was "discharged in consequence of Canadian Order in Council dated 16th November 1915

later renamed Panzer Grenadier Regiment 433

Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross In Gold, Ii Class With Case, By V. Mayer’s Söhne United Republic of Of my last two friends(Verdienstkreuz in Gold, II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 2 February 1849. (1872 1918 issue). Constructed of Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with a Gold frame and red enameled arms, the obverse with a central white enameled medallion with a Gold monogram of Emperor Franz Joseph, set within Gold ring, with the outer rim of the medallion bearing a gilt inscription of VIRIBUS UNITIS (WITH UNITED FORCES), the reverse with a