Austria, Imperial. A 1849 Merit Cross, III Class with Bachruch, Budapest Auction Archive and was nazified in the

and was nazified in the Third Reich

the obverse eagle plate is missing

The lead brigades of the assault had all been carried in the new Kangaroos

inscribed “FJ” (Franz Josef) in capital gilt lettering

Austria, Imperial. A 1849 Merit Cross, III Class with Bachruch, Budapest Auction Archive and was nazified in theInstituted December 2 1849. Military Division. A Merit Cross, III Class with Crown, in silver, a red enamelled cross featuring a large central medallion bearing the initials FJ, the reverse bearing the date 1849, cross surmounted by a hollow crown, measures 36. 6 mm (w) x 58. 4 mm (h inclusive of cross adorned ball suspension), marked on the ring with dog head denoting silver fineness and makers mark of BACHRUCH, BUDAPEST, worn on the original trifold