Austria, Imperial. A Lot of Orders, Medals & Decorations visually-hidden with minor flecking of enamels

with minor flecking of enamels and loss of gilt evident to the cross

eagle's feet and orb

Footnote: As the service history of this antique timepiece is unknown

each negative measuring 55 mm x 55 mm

Austria, Imperial. A Lot of Orders, Medals & Decorations visually-hidden with minor flecking of enamels1. A Military Merit Cross, I Class with Crown; (Goldenes Verdienstkreuz mit Krone). Instituted 16 February 1850. (1850 1918 issue). Military Division. In gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a cross with red enamelled arms, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion bearing a central gilt monogram of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed by an inscription of VIRIBUS UNITIS (UNITED FORCES), the reverse with a central white