Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross 1849, III Class Cross with Crown, by W. Kunz Newly Listed presenting discolouration due to blue

presenting discolouration due to blue paint

Footnote: James Hartley Mills

The Medal for the Defence of Sevastopol was instituted on December 22

measuring 296 mm x 210 mm

all affixed to a padded royal blue velvet bed

Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross 1849, III Class Cross with Crown, by W. Kunz Newly Listed presenting discolouration due to blue(Verdienstkreuz 1849 3. Klasse). Issued 1914 1918. Military Division. A cross constructed of silvered bronze with red enamelled arms, the obverse with a central silver medallion inscribed FJ for Franz Joseph, surrounded by a broad silver ring, inscribed VIRIBUS UNITIS (Latin Stand United), the reverse with a similar central silver medallion dated 1849, on a swivel crown and loop for suspension, the loop marked Wilhelm Kunz, Wien along with a star,