Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross 1849, III Class and Bravery Medal, I Class Province of China his age unknown

his age unknown

and also a maker’s mark stamped into reverse

and an unidentified Luftaffe Officer

Footnote: Founded on 26 September 1916

he said to his mother "They made it

Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross 1849, III Class and Bravery Medal, I Class Province of China his age unknownInstituted December 2 1849. 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 crown with interior red enamelled cap, measures 36 mm (w) x 58. 3 mm (h inclusive of cross adorned ball suspension), marked on the ring with A denoting Vienna manufacture and WK and KUNZ WIEN denoting manufacturer by Wilhelm Kunz, worn on