Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Cross Of Merit With Crown, By Wilhelm Kunz United Republic of 13TH STREET PHILADELPHIA PENNA

13TH STREET PHILADELPHIA PENNA

reverse centre presents a dark red enamelled central medallion with the date 1852-3 circumscribed by ЗА НЕЗАВИСИМОСТЪ ЦРНЕ ГОРЕ (For the Independence of Montenegro) within a white enamel ring with a scallop-edged silver gilt border

dated February 28

Silver Grade by JFS (Josef Feix & Sohn

he was transferred to the Ontario Military Hospital at Orpington

Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Cross Of Merit With Crown, By Wilhelm Kunz United Republic of 13TH STREET PHILADELPHIA PENNA(Goldenes Verdienstkreuz mit Krone). Instituted 16 February 1850. (1850 1918 issue). Civil Division. Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Ruppert 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