Austria, Imperial. An “1849” Merit Cross, Type III, III Class Cross with Crown, by Wilhelm Kunz Archive The base featuring the insignia

The base featuring the insignia badge in silver gilt with blue and white enamels

and an Ordnance Corp ‘Shell and Flame’ collar disk on the left

Footnote: The 30th Infantry Division "Sabauda" was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during the Second World War

the obverse center presents a hand-painted building on green foreground

fell back upon the supports

Austria, Imperial. An “1849” Merit Cross, Type III, III Class Cross with Crown, by Wilhelm Kunz Archive The base featuring the insigniaInstituted December 2 1849. Type III. In silver, a III Class Cross bearing red enamel arms, with a large central medallion featuring the initials FJ, the reverse bearing the date 1849, surmounted by a crown with interior enamel cap, the ring is marked WILHELM KUNZ WIEN, with a dianakopf denoting Vienna manufacture from 1872 1922, measures 36. 2 mm (w) x 57. 1 mm (h inclusive of integral crown suspension, weighs 17. 1 grams, worn on original trifold