What is Military Merit Cross (Austria-Hungary)?
[[File:Military Merit Cross 2nd class with war decoration badge (Austria 1916-1918) - Tallinn Museum of Orders.jpg|thumb|Military Merit Cross 2nd class with war decoration badge (Austria 1916-1918)]] The '''Military Merit Cross''' (German: ''Militärverdienstkreuz'', [[Croatian language|Croatian]]: ''Vojni križ za zasluge''<ref>[http://www.vjesnik.hr/html/2006/12/05/Clanak.asp?r=kul&c=1 Hrvatska u Prvome svjetskom ratu]{{Dead link|date=December 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[Vjesnik]]</ref>) was a decoration of the [[Austrian Empire|Empire of Austria]] and, after the establishment of the [[Dual Monarchy]] in 1867, the Empire of [[Austria-Hungary]]. It was first established on 22 October 1849 and underwent several revisions to its [[design]] and [[award]] criteria over the years of its existence. It became obsolete in 1918 with the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. ==References== {{reflist}} {{military-stub}} [[Category:Military honors]] [[Category:Orders, decorations, and medals|Austria]] [[Category:Austria-Hungary]]