Austria, Empire. A Cross Of Merit, Third Class, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity in bronze gilt with green

in bronze gilt with green enameling

The interior is lined with black cotton fabric

with olive cotton backer strip sewn to the bottom of the tongue

the pommel bearing a large cherry blossom on the end with leafing on the sides

1896 in Glascock

Austria, Empire. A Cross Of Merit, Third Class, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity in bronze gilt with green(Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse). Issued 1914 1918. A hollow bronze gilt Latin cross with rounded edges, with red enameled arms on the obverse and reverse; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion, inscribed FJ (Franz Josef) in capital gilt lettering, surrounded by a gilt ring, and an ornately decorated white ring of enamels; the reverse with a similar white enameled medallion, dated 1849 in gilt numbers, surrounded by a narrow gilt ring, and a