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

scuffing and tearing throughout

pictured wearing a Knights Cross of the Iron Cross

" Kirkpatrick went on to explain that when the only machine gun left had been destroyed

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