Austria, Empire. A Lot of Two Merit Crosses visually-hidden pages coming off binding and

pages coming off binding and some soiling on cover

outstanding etched Pour-le-Merite

where he was promptly arrested and thrown into prison at l'Abbaye

the 3rd Battalion of the 26th Infantry Regiment prepared to assault the Hotel Quellenhof

2) A Second War German Faithful Service Medal for Forty Years’ Service miniature stickpin

Austria, Empire. A Lot of Two Merit Crosses visually-hidden pages coming off binding and(Verdienstkreuz 1849). Instituted December 2nd, 1849. A lot of two Merit Crosses 1849, consisting of: 1. A Merit Cross 1849. Constructed of gilded bronze with red enamels, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with red enameled arms, the obverse with a central medallion bearing a central gilt monogram of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed by an inscription of Viribus Unitis (United Forces) in capitalized Latin, the reverse with a central medallion bearing the