Austria. A Merit Cross "1849", 3Rd Class, 2Nd Period (1875-1914) Auction one board with partial separation

one board with partial separation of the black cloth from the body of the board on the reverse

Textbook example in Bevon-woven white threads (for Infantry)

reverse inscribed "DE STAD GENT UIT ERKENTELIKJHEID AAN HAAR ROEMRIJKE ZONEN 1914-1918" (The City of Gent (Ghent) with Gratitude to Her Glorious Sons 1914-1918)

containing one stamp in red ink inscribed "Soldatenrat II

In between Pearl Harbor and the Gilbert Islands operation

Austria. A Merit Cross "1849", 3Rd Class, 2Nd Period (1875-1914) Auction one board with partial separationVerdienstkreuz. Instituted in 1849. In silver with red enamels, marked with a Diana's head (Dianakopf) hallmark, the head flanked by a "3" (silver fineness) on the left and marked with the assay city mark "A" (Vienna) on the right and maker marked "F. BRAUN IN WIEN" on the ring, measuring 36. 7 mm (w) x 52 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, intact enamels, on its original triangular ribbon with hook and eye, extremely fine.