Austria, Imperial. Two Austrian Merit Crosses United Republic of but with the horizontal pinback

but with the horizontal pinback missing

as he was having pains in his back

George VI (RICHARD BINGHAM

Canadian Field Artillery on April 26

Austria, Imperial. Two Austrian Merit Crosses United Republic of but with the horizontal pinbackA grouping of two Austrian Imperial Merit Crosses, consisting of 1) (Verdienstkreuz IV. Klasse). Instituted 1849 by Franz Joseph I. (1914 1918 Issue). Constructed of a hollow bronze gilt Ruppert Cross with rounded edges, with red enameled arms on the obverse and reverse, the obverse with a central white enameled medallion, inscribed FJ (Franz Josef) in capital gilt lettering, surrounded by a gilt ring, and an ornately decorated white ring of enamels