Military Merit Medal (Austria-Hungary)

Military Merit Medal (Signum Laudis) Militär-Verdienstmedaille (Signum Laudis)
Bronze Military Merit Medal on the War Ribbon with Swords, Franz Joseph I
Type	Military decoration
Awarded for	Military merit
Description	Grand Military Merit Medal Silver Military Merit Medal Bronze Military Merit Medal
Country	Austria-Hungary
Eligibility	Austro-Hungarian officers and officials of similar rank
Status	No longer awarded
Established	March 12, 1890
| Ribbons awarded with the medal during peacetime and wartime
Precedence
Next (higher)	Merit Cross for Military Chaplains
Next (lower)	Medal for Bravery

The Military Merit Medal (German: Militär-Verdienstmedaille, Hungarian: Katonai Érdemérem, Croatian: Vojna medalja za zasluge)^[1] was a military decoration of the Empire of Austria-Hungary. It was founded by Emperor Franz Joseph I on March 12, 1890. The Military Merit Medal is often referred to as the "Signum Laudis" (Latin for "sign of praise") after the inscription on the reverse of the medal.