Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Merit Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Kunz, With Case Newly Listed in silvery-grey cotton threads

in silvery-grey cotton threads

the university-led hospital in Calais

mold spotting throughout

The Order was originally instituted on October 8

measuring 127 mm (w) x 18 mm (h) each)

Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Merit Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Kunz, With Case Newly Listed in silvery-grey cotton threadsAn 1849 Merit Cross, Type III (1914 1918), Military Division, I Class Cross. In bronze gilt with red enamels, featuring a cross with central medallion inscription FJ and reverse medallion bearing the date 1849, surmounted by a crown with red interior cap, worn on military ribbon, measures 36. 2mm (w) x 58. 7mm (h inclusive of crown), weighs 19. 8 grams, marked with partial makers mark of Wilhelm Kunz, Wien, with bronze star, worn on a triangular