Austria, Empire. A Cross Of Merit, Third Class, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity The interior is lined with

The interior is lined with black cotton fabric

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in bronze gilt with green enameling

gilt insignia and crown 26

Austria, Empire. A Cross Of Merit, Third Class, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity The interior is lined with(Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse). Issued 1914 1918. A hollow bronze gilt Latin cross with rounded edges, with red enameled arms on the obverse and reverse; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion, inscribed FJ (Franz Josef) in capital gilt lettering, surrounded by a gilt ring, and an ornately decorated white ring of enamels; the reverse with a similar white enameled medallion, dated 1849 in gilt numbers, surrounded by a narrow gilt ring, and a