Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Merit Cross, III Class with Case, by V. Mayer Auction Archive both lugs and pin intact

both lugs and pin intact

each constructed of a wooden frame with a faux red leather exterior liner

Lawrence River at Quebec City)

while the crown retains a transparent plastic rhomboid moisture guard which is inserted with a paper label bearing a size mark of “54”

measuring 31 mm x 29 mm

Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Merit Cross, III Class with Case, by V. Mayer Auction Archive both lugs and pin intact(Verdienstkreuz 1849). Instituted December 2, 1849. Type III (1914 1918). In silver and enamels with red enameled 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 V. MAYERS SOHNE, along with Austrian silver mark,