Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Merit Cross, III Class with Case, by V. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity All three are buried together

All three are buried together in Pine Crest Cemetery

holding a decorative ornament in her left hand

PRINCE AND FATHERLAND)

one of two rear attachment prongs broken off

An identical but slightly mismatched left-and-right pair of Luftwaffe Field Division Panzer personnel collar tabs

Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Merit Cross, III Class with Case, by V. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity All three are buried together(Verdienstkreuz 1849). Instituted December 2, 1849. Type III (1914 1918). In silver and enamels with red enameled arms; the obverse with a central silver medallion inscribed FJ for Franz Joseph, surrounded by a broad silver ring, inscribed VIRIBUS UNITIS (Latin Stand United); the reverse with a similar central silver medallion dated 1849; on a swivel crown and loop for suspension; the loop marked V. MAYERS SOHNE, along with Austrian silver mark,