Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses Buy Now marked on reverse clip “Braca

marked on reverse clip “Braca Knaus

minor contact to enamel with single chip

45 mm wide at the base and 74 mm in height

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Stanley's aircraft crashed 300 yards north-east of the runway at Moncton

Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses Buy Now marked on reverse clip “Braca(Verdienstkreuze). A grouping of two merit crosses, consisting of 1) A Second Class Merit Cross 1849; constructed of bronze gilt, with red enamels arms; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion inscribed FJ in bronze gilt for Franz Joseph, surrounded why a white ring of enamels, inscribed VIRIBUS UNITIS (Latin Joining Forces); the reverse with a central white enameled medallion, inscribed 1849, surrounded by a bronze gilt ring; on a loop