Austria, Empire. A Cross Of Merit, Third Class, C.1916 Archive 89 mm x 137 mm

89 mm x 137 mm each)

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repaired lugs and pin

45 mm x 105 mm)

Description: Most Distinguished Order of St

Austria, Empire. A Cross Of Merit, Third Class, C.1916 Archive 89 mm x 137 mm(Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse). Issued 1914 1918. A hollow bronze gilt Latin 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; the reverse with a similar white enameled medallion, dated 1849 in gilt numbers, surrounded by a narrow gilt ring, and a