Austria, Imperial. A Lot of Orders, Medals & Decorations Auction I Class: In bronze and

I Class: In bronze and enamel

his age was finally revealed as 55

maker marked "BIRKS 1915" on the reverse

the medal having separated from the ribbon as its ring is missing

during the Red Army’s siege of that city

Austria, Imperial. A Lot of Orders, Medals & Decorations Auction I Class: In bronze and1. A Military Merit Cross, I Class with Crown; (Goldenes Verdienstkreuz mit Krone). Instituted 16 February 1850. (1850 1918 issue). Military Division. In gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a cross with red enamelled arms, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion bearing a central gilt monogram of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed by an inscription of VIRIBUS UNITIS (UNITED FORCES), the reverse with a central white