Austria, Empire. A Golden Cross Of Merit, Second Class, By Wilhelm Kunz, C.1870 Hold and Victory Medal (642715 PTE

and Victory Medal (642715 PTE

the son of John Ryder and Mary Ann Ryder of Kingston

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The reverse features a countersunk hinge with a vertical tapered pin (marked “20” on the reverse of the pin for “Fritz Zimmermann of Lüdenscheid” manufacture

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Austria, Empire. A Golden Cross Of Merit, Second Class, By Wilhelm Kunz, C.1870 Hold and Victory Medal (642715 PTE(Verdienstkreuz II. Klasse). Issued 1849 1875. First Period. A Latin cross in bronze gilt 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 silver gilt lettering, surrounded by a ring, and an ornately decorated white ring of enamels; the reverse with a similar white enameled medallion, dated 1849 in numbers, surrounded by a narrow gold ring,