Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, First Period (One Class), Type II with War Decoration Hold (Fellowship of the Royal College

(Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons) in that specialty

The case is otherwise unmarked and measures approximately 230 mm (w) x 300 mm (h)

with a piece of its original ribbon bearing the American flag remaining

3 mm (h) inclusive of its silver gilt coat-of-arms suspension

Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross, First Period (One Class), Type II with War Decoration Hold (Fellowship of the Royal College(Militrverdienstkreuz). Instituted October 24th, 1849. First Period (One Class) 1849 1914 Issue. Type II. (c. 1850s issue). An early and extremely well preserved example of this award, of multi piece construction, in silver with red and white enamels, on a fixed ring and swivel loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with red and white enameled arms, with gilded laurel leaves in the quadrants between