Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses Hold 33 mm (w) x 44

33 mm (w) x 44

1942 he suffered a triple compound skull fracture and a wound from fragments to the right temple

George Garrett of Toronto

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Royal Flying Corps in 1918 and then with No

Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses Hold 33 mm (w) x 44(Verdienstkreuze). A grouping of two merit crosses, consisting of 1) A Second Class Merit Cross 1849; constructed of bronze gilt, with red enamels arms; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion inscribed FJ in bronze gilt for Franz Joseph, surrounded why a white ring of enamels, inscribed VIRIBUS UNITIS (Latin Joining Forces); the reverse with a central white enameled medallion, inscribed 1849, surrounded by a bronze gilt ring; on a loop