Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Cross Of Merit With Crown, By Wilhelm Kunz GTRexclude constructed of white embroidered BeVo

constructed of white embroidered BeVo style lettering on a black rayon backer

With silver frame

a gilt snake buckle and gilt oval shields bearing the Royal Crest

In July 1853

Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Cross Of Merit With Crown, By Wilhelm Kunz GTRexclude constructed of white embroidered BeVo(Goldenes Verdienstkreuz mit Krone). Instituted 16 February 1850. (1850 1918 issue). Civil Division. Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with red enamelled arms, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion bearing a central gilt monogram of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed by an inscription of VIRIBUS UNITIS (UNITED FORCES), the reverse with a central white enamelled medallion bearing a gilt