An Austrian Merit Cross "1849", 4Th Class, Third Period (1914-1918) Archive 32 mm x 850 mm

32 mm x 850 mm

A 1934/35 WHW (Winter Aid of the German People/Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes) honourary badge of the “unnamed helpers” of Hannover/Braunschweig

Casale and Cagliari divisions surrendered to the inferior German forces

two section construction

An Austrian Merit Cross "1849", 4Th Class, Third Period (1914-1918) Archive 32 mm x 850 mmAustria; Silver with red enamels, five pointed star hallmarked and maker marked "WILM. KUNZ" (Wilhelm Kunz) on the ring, 36. 5 mm x 58 mm inclusive of its crown suspension, original triangular ribbon, repair evident in the red enamels on the bottom arm on both the obverse and reverse, also on the reverse of the right arm, very fine.