Austria, Empire. Merit Cross 1849, Iv Class Case, C.1915 GTRexclude in gilded silver

in gilded silver

both sides of each page trimmed in a 7 mm wide strip of white satin

) in Ursus near Warsaw (today a part of the city)

" My two sergeants and I took 11 of them and our company took well over 200

three-prong suspension device sewn to reverse of cravat pad

Austria, Empire. Merit Cross 1849, Iv Class Case, C.1915 GTRexclude in gilded silver(Verdienstkreuz). Instituted in 1850. Hardshelled design on both the lid and base, the exterior with a greenish black pebbled covering on five sides, the bottom with an off white paper covering, date stamped "1915", maker stamped "ETUIS & CASSETTEN FABRIK JG. BERGMANN WIEN VII" and inscribed in handwritten black ink "beh. d. 6. Dezember 1915. Gefr. Jensen", the lid bearing the initials "V. K." (Verdienstkreuz) in silver coloured ink and framed by two