Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses, C.1915 Newly Listed his days were numbered

his days were numbered

topped by a slightly frayed red toorie

then posted to camp in Palestine

of the highest quality manufacture

Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses, C.1915 Newly Listed his days were numbered(Verdienstkreuz 1849). Consisting of two crosses, 1) Third Period; Issued 1914 1918; constructed of silvered bronze; A Latin cross with rounded edges, with red enameled arms on the obverse and reverse; the obverse with a central medallion, inscribed FJ (Franz Josef) in capital lettering, surrounded by an ornately decorated ring; the reverse with a similar medallion, dated 1849 in silver numbering, suspended from a double loop suspension from its