Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Merit Cross And Military Merit Medal Buy Now 217th Infantry Battalion

217th Infantry Battalion

England and Scotland below

three ships in the background

the raised midribs of the leaves in fine gold-coloured bullion wire

including a 1938 Bergisches Land badge

Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Merit Cross And Military Merit Medal Buy Now 217th Infantry BattalionAn 1849 Merit Cross, Type III, Civil Division, I Class Cross with Crown, bronze gilt with red enamel arms, the obverse medallion features the initials FJ, the reverse with the year 1849, the cross is surmounted by a crown with a red interior cap, marked on ring, measures 36. 9mm (w) x 59. 5mm (h inclusive of cross adorned crown suspension), the reverse medallion has been re enamelled, missing enamels in the cap, worn on replacement ribbon, in near