Austria, Imperial. Two Austrian Merit Crosses Auction Archive 44mm(w) x 57mm(h)

44mm(w) x 57mm(h)

A grouping of two third reich period German civilian membership badges

and 1st Class on November 11

surrounded by a ring of red enamels with golden lettering reading “Furchtlos und trew”

in November 1902

Austria, Imperial. Two Austrian Merit Crosses Auction Archive 44mm(w) x 57mm(h)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