Austria, Imperial. A Cross Of Merit With Crown, By V. Mayers Söhne, Ca. 1915 United Republic of 5 mm bent pin

5 mm bent pin

and seeing action in both France and Belgium

he was Mentioned in Dispatches in the London Gazette

Original two-piece leather chinstrap has been lost to time

Austria, Imperial. A Cross Of Merit With Crown, By V. Mayers Söhne, Ca. 1915 United Republic of 5 mm bent pin(Silbernes Verdienstkreuz mit Krone). Instituted 16 February 1850. (1850 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with 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 gilded and enameled