Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses, C.1915 Newly Listed then posted to camp in

then posted to camp in Palestine

he was posted to the 4th Battalion and was present at the Gallipoli landings on 24 April 1915

on red cloth

He served as an infantryman in the foremost trenches where he was wounded by enemy fire

topped by a slightly frayed red toorie

Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses, C.1915 Newly Listed then posted to camp in(Verdienstkreuz 1849). Consisting of two crosses, 1) Third Period; Issued 1914 1918; constructed of silvered bronze; A Latin cross with rounded edges, with red enameled arms on the obverse and reverse; the obverse with a central medallion, inscribed FJ (Franz Josef) in capital lettering, surrounded by an ornately decorated ring; the reverse with a similar medallion, dated 1849 in silver numbering, suspended from a double loop suspension from its