Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Merit Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Kunz Buy Now Royal Arms

Royal Arms

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the obverse depicting a steel helmet superimposed onto a shovel and pick-axed

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Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Merit Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Kunz Buy Now Royal Arms(Verdienstkreuz). Instituted on 2 December 1849. Type III. (1914 1918 Issue). A cross constructed of gilded bronze, with red enamelled arms, the obverse centre presents a gilded medallion inscribed FJ for FRANZ JOSEPH, over a field of white enamel, surrounded by a gilt ring, and an ornately decorated white enamelled ring bearing the inscription VIRIBUS UNITIS (STAND UNITED), the reverse centre presents a similar medallion, presenting the date 1849,