Word: verdienstkreuz
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Dates: during 1933-1933
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...Imperial & Royal Army. . Peasant upbringing and uncertain antecedents were no handicap to promotion to First Lieutenant in the "extremely aristocratic army of Franz Josef." Requirements were high school diploma, successful completion of officers' training school, about 20 months in the front. But Dollfuss earned distinction by winning the "Verdienstkreuz," Cross of Merit, a decoration given to subalterns for outstanding deeds of valor only. . . . As an Austrian, I had yet to hear of an Austrian's breakfast consisting, of all things, "of a bowl of potato soup with whipped cream." If Kanzler Dollfuss prefers this kind of morning repast...
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