Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses Hold Royal Flying Corps in 1918

Royal Flying Corps in 1918 and then with No

and the name of the vessel to which you were attached

lacquered arms

George Garrett of Toronto

Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses Hold Royal Flying Corps in 1918(Verdienstkreuze). A grouping of two merit crosses, consisting of 1) A Second Class Merit Cross 1849; constructed of bronze gilt, with red enamels arms; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion inscribed FJ in bronze gilt for Franz Joseph, surrounded why a white ring of enamels, inscribed VIRIBUS UNITIS (Latin Joining Forces); the reverse with a central white enameled medallion, inscribed 1849, surrounded by a bronze gilt ring; on a loop