Austria, Imperial. Two Austrian Merit Crosses United Republic of 40x64mm (including crown suspension)

40x64mm (including crown suspension)

on an original ribbon

He was appointed Brevet Major and signed his Attestation Paper with the 18th Infantry Battalion at on October 19

with filed-grey paint

affixed on reverse

Austria, Imperial. Two Austrian Merit Crosses United Republic of 40x64mm (including crown suspension)A grouping of two Austrian Imperial Merit Crosses, consisting of 1) (Verdienstkreuz IV. Klasse). Instituted 1849 by Franz Joseph I. (1914 1918 Issue). Constructed of a hollow bronze gilt Ruppert Cross with rounded edges, with red enameled arms on the obverse and reverse, the obverse with a central white enameled medallion, inscribed FJ (Franz Josef) in capital gilt lettering, surrounded by a gilt ring, and an ornately decorated white ring of enamels