Austria, Imperial. Two Austrian Merit Crosses Auction Archive and 1st Class on November

and 1st Class on November 11

A grouping of two third reich period German civilian membership badges

also inscribed with “I Ost

44mm(w) x 57mm(h)

and to fish had been promised to the Indians

Austria, Imperial. Two Austrian Merit Crosses Auction Archive and 1st Class on NovemberA 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