Austria, Empire. A Merit Cross “1849”, IV. Class, c.1870 Province of China 98th REGIMENT FOOT

98th REGIMENT FOOT

14 General Hospital at Wimereux

comprising: Award document for Pilot’s Badge/Flugzeugführer (29 July 1941)

was his employment in a company regarded essential to the war effort

the current grand masters are Felipe VI

Austria, Empire. A Merit Cross “1849”, IV. Class, c.1870 Province of China 98th REGIMENT FOOT(Verdienstkreuz). Instituted December 2nd, 1849. (1849 1875 issue). Constructed of silver with red enamels, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with red enamelled arms, the obverse with a central medallion bearing a central monogram of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed by an inscription of Viribus Unitis (United Forces), the reverse with a central medallion bearing the date of 1849, on a hollow swivel crown and swivel ring for suspension from its period