The Military Merit Medal became obsolete with the fall of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in November 1918 . However , previously awarded medals continued to be worn by veterans in many of the successor states of the empire . After the Anschluss in 1938 , when Nazi Germany annexed the Austrian Republic , the Military Merit Medal and other Austro-Hungarian medals were often worn mounted German-style rather than on trifolds . Equally , when the 1934 German The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 was extended to eligible Austrian and Czech military personnel after the Anschluss and the annexation of Sudetenland in 1938 , it was also suspended from trifold-style ribbons in those countries
The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
Military Merit Medal (Austria-Hungary)