Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses Buy Now arriving in Adelaide

arriving in Adelaide

Belt fabricated from a very thick

The final wounding must have occurred during retreating battles somewhere in the Ukraine

minor contact to enamel with single chip

Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses Buy Now arriving in Adelaide(Verdienstkreuze). A grouping of two merit crosses, consisting of 1) A Second Class Merit Cross 1849; constructed of bronze gilt, with red enamels arms; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion inscribed FJ in bronze gilt for Franz Joseph, surrounded why a white ring of enamels, inscribed VIRIBUS UNITIS (Latin Joining Forces); the reverse with a central white enameled medallion, inscribed 1849, surrounded by a bronze gilt ring; on a loop