Austria, Empire. A Merit Cross “1849”, IV. Class, c.1870 Hold in bronze gilt with yellow

in bronze gilt with yellow enamels

The document is dated to Brunswick in January of 1939

with sun rays between the quadrants of the cross

Commandants of WAAS

Austria, Empire. A Merit Cross “1849”, IV. Class, c.1870 Hold in bronze gilt with yellow(Verdienstkreuz). Instituted December 2nd, 1849. (1849 1875 issue). Constructed of silver with red enamels, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with red enamelled arms, the obverse with a central medallion bearing a central monogram of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed by an inscription of Viribus Unitis (United Forces), the reverse with a central medallion bearing the date of 1849, on a hollow swivel crown and swivel ring for suspension from its period