Austria, Empire. A Golden Cross Of Merit, Second Class, By Wilhelm Kunz, C.1870 Archive ROBERTS 3 - CAN

ROBERTS 3 - CAN

the other end facing the arrowhead-shaped base with a nickel-plated metal bracket

Folded in half but generally fine

52 mm (w) x 57

Reconstituted in 1953

Austria, Empire. A Golden Cross Of Merit, Second Class, By Wilhelm Kunz, C.1870 Archive ROBERTS 3 - CAN(Verdienstkreuz II. Klasse). Issued 1849 1875. First Period. A Latin cross in bronze gilt 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 silver gilt lettering, surrounded by a ring, and an ornately decorated white ring of enamels; the reverse with a similar white enameled medallion, dated 1849 in numbers, surrounded by a narrow gold ring,