Austria, Imperial. Two Austrian Merit Crosses certificate_of_authenticity 50 mm x 110 mm

50 mm x 110 mm

There is a dagger hanger strap attached to the seam at the left armpit

for Meritorious Service

later returning to the RCASC School at Camp Borden in January 1951

Austria, Imperial. Two Austrian Merit Crosses certificate_of_authenticity 50 mm x 110 mmA grouping of two Austrian Imperial Merit Crosses, consisting of 1) (Verdienstkreuz IV. Klasse). Instituted 1849 by Franz Joseph I. (1914 1918 Issue). Constructed of a hollow bronze gilt Ruppert Cross with rounded edges, with red enameled arms on the obverse and reverse, the obverse with a central white enameled medallion, inscribed FJ (Franz Josef) in capital gilt lettering, surrounded by a gilt ring, and an ornately decorated white ring of enamels