Austria, Imperial. Two Austrian Merit Crosses Auction Archive 322 awards were awarded in

322 awards were awarded in Yugoslavia and 19 to foreigners

that he had no previous military service and that his trade was that of Labourer

and 1st Class on November 11

also inscribed with “I Ost

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

Austria, Imperial. Two Austrian Merit Crosses Auction Archive 322 awards were awarded inA 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