Bar & Swords: Austrian 01

Gold swords on a straight silver bar indicate a second award of many different WW1 Austro-Hungarian war awards.

Only position and any other awards enable a good guess at what is being represented. Since this particular one follows an Order of the Iron Crown with Swords and is in front of other "swords" decorations, it is undoubtedly the Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with War Decoration (= ?M3K).

Courtesy of David S.