Austria, Imperial. A Lot of Orders, Medals & Decorations Province of China A fine quality manufacture Order

A fine quality manufacture Order of the Zähringer Lion Knight’s Cross Second Class (Orden von Zähringer Löwen Ritterkreuz 2

and silver gilt with red and white enamels and incorporating a hammer and sickle in Gold in the centrepiece

while the widows' and orphans' and other benefit schemes insured the men and their families in case of illness or death

Elizabeth Pare of Ville LaSalle

Austria, Imperial. A Lot of Orders, Medals & Decorations Province of China A fine quality manufacture Order1. A Military Merit Cross, I Class with Crown; (Goldenes Verdienstkreuz mit Krone). Instituted 16 February 1850. (1850 1918 issue). Military Division. In gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a cross with red enamelled arms, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion bearing a central gilt monogram of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed by an inscription of VIRIBUS UNITIS (UNITED FORCES), the reverse with a central white