Austria, Empire. Two Austrian Imperial Awards Auction Archive surrounded by a ribboned wreath

surrounded by a ribboned wreath of oak leaves

Instituted 1957

Knight 2nd Class with Swords (multi-piece construction

plus assorted Personal Photographs

Austria, Empire. Two Austrian Imperial Awards Auction Archive surrounded by a ribboned wreathA grouping of two Austrian imperial awards, consisting of 1) A Fourth Class Merit Cross 1849; constructed of silver, with red enameled arms; the obverse with a silver medallion, inscribed FJ for Franz Joseph in capital lettering, surrounded by an ornately decorated ring; the reverse with a similar medallion, dated 1849 in silver numbering, suspended from a horizontally pierced suspension from a tri fold ribbon with gilded swords attached; measuring