Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses Auction Archive WHICH ACTUALLY MAY BE THE

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I was taken prisoner by the Japanese on the 25th of December 1941 at Stanley Fort

now assuming the role of Senior Allied Officer at the PoW work camp in Yokohama

Sapper Robert Milbourn Matthews was discharged upon demobilization at No

with Bourbon Coat of Arms on reverse (1864-1868)

Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses Auction Archive WHICH ACTUALLY MAY BE THE(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