Austria, Imperial. A Cross Of Merit With Crown, By Wilhelm Kunz, C.1918 Auction Archive exterior shows minimal markings

exterior shows minimal markings

Footnote: Frank Edwards was born in London

with a handwritten recipient’s name of “GENERALMAJOR F

joined the Indian Army 1888

in silvered and painted zink

Austria, Imperial. A Cross Of Merit With Crown, By Wilhelm Kunz, C.1918 Auction Archive exterior shows minimal markings(Goldenes Verdienstkreuz mit Krone). Instituted 16 February 1850. (1850 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with red enameled arms, the obverse with a central white enameled 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 enameled medallion bearing a gilt date of 1849, on a