Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class with Crown by W. Kunz Province of China including a set of Ordnance

including a set of Ordnance cyphers

strip of braided maroon embroidery running length-wise in the centre

along with two hundred others

as deputy chairman

with the remaining three corners fastened with gilded medallions

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, I Class with Crown by W. Kunz Province of China including a set of Ordnance(Goldenes Verdienstkreuz mit Krone). Instituted 16 February 1850. (1850 1918 issue). Military Division. Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a cross with red enamelled arms, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion bearing a central gilt monogram of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed by an inscription of VIRIBUS UNITIS (UNITED FORCES), the reverse with a central white enamelled medallion bearing a gilt date of