Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross, Iv Class, By V. Mayers Söhne, C.1915 Hold 1916 to March 3

1916 to March 3

Gold laurels with green enamels and red flowers

secured by a horizontal strap and finished with black finished magnetic metal buttons

Size tag 8 7/8

Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross, Iv Class, By V. Mayers Söhne, C.1915 Hold 1916 to March 3(Verdienstkreuz IV. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 16 February 1850. (1914 1918 issue). In silver with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with red enameled arms, the obverse with a central monogram of Franz Joseph I on a pebbled background, circumscribed by a raised inscription of VIRIBUS UNITIS (UNITED FORCES), the reverse with a central raised date of 1849 on a pebbled background,