Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class with Crown by W. Kunz certificate_of_authenticity both crosses with scattered gilt

both crosses with scattered gilt wear

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Has a clear idea of the tenets of National Socialism

by Licurgo Cappelletti

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class with Crown by W. Kunz certificate_of_authenticity both crosses with scattered gilt(Goldenes Verdienstkreuz mit Krone). Instituted 16 February 1850. (1850 1918 issue). Military Division. Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a cross with red enamelled arms, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion bearing a central gilt monogram of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed by an inscription of VIRIBUS UNITIS (UNITED FORCES), the reverse with a central white enamelled medallion bearing a gilt date of