Austria, Empire. Two Austrian Imperial Awards Newly Listed constructed of multi-coloured machine embroidery

constructed of multi-coloured machine embroidery

Windsor Hotel

Corporal Herbert Henry Rolt

with the number "108" clearly visible underneath but the remaining type illegible

Throughout his service

Austria, Empire. Two Austrian Imperial Awards Newly Listed constructed of multi-coloured machine embroideryA grouping of two Austrian imperial awards, consisting of 1) A Fourth Class Merit Cross 1849; constructed of silver, with red enameled arms; the obverse with a silver medallion, inscribed FJ for Franz Joseph in capital lettering, surrounded by an ornately decorated ring; the reverse with a similar medallion, dated 1849 in silver numbering, suspended from a horizontally pierced suspension from a tri fold ribbon with gilded swords attached; measuring