Austria, Empire. A Merit Cross “1849”, IV. Class, c.1870 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac their largest supplier of silverware

their largest supplier of silverware

5 mm (h) ribbon bar with pinback)

36 mm (w) x 48

scuffing and crazing evident in the red enamels on the star points at 7 and 10 o'clock

and formalin became 'formamint'

Austria, Empire. A Merit Cross “1849”, IV. Class, c.1870 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac their largest supplier of silverware(Verdienstkreuz). Instituted December 2nd, 1849. (1849 1875 issue). Constructed of silver with red enamels, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with red enamelled arms, the obverse with a central medallion bearing a central monogram of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed by an inscription of Viribus Unitis (United Forces), the reverse with a central medallion bearing the date of 1849, on a hollow swivel crown and swivel ring for suspension from its period