Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross 1849, III Class Cross with Crown, by W. Kunz consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the pinback maker marked with

the pinback maker marked with LDO code “L15” for Friedrich Orth

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with a strap on the reverse and secured in place via a single silvered button bearing the Royal Hungarian Air Force insignia

the insignia with chipping evident in the white enamels on the cross and in the red enamels on the hexagon-shaped centre

Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross 1849, III Class Cross with Crown, by W. Kunz consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the pinback maker marked with(Verdienstkreuz 1849 3. Klasse). Issued 1914 1918. Military Division. A cross constructed of silvered bronze with red enamelled arms, the obverse with a central silver medallion inscribed FJ for Franz Joseph, surrounded by a broad silver ring, inscribed VIRIBUS UNITIS (Latin Stand United), the reverse with a similar central silver medallion dated 1849, on a swivel crown and loop for suspension, the loop marked Wilhelm Kunz, Wien along with a star,