Description
the interior of the cap is lined in a champagne-coloured silk fabric
mounted to a silver gilt with red
along with "F" and "Z
numbered "No 340867"
Imperial-style crosses bearing the company’s code
Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross In Gold, Ii Class With Case, By V. Mayer’s Söhne Auction Archive the interior of the cap(Verdienstkreuz in Gold, II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 2 February 1849. (1872 1918 issue). Constructed of Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with a Gold frame and red enameled arms, the obverse with a central white enameled medallion with a Gold monogram of Emperor Franz Joseph, set within Gold ring, with the outer rim of the medallion bearing a gilt inscription of VIRIBUS UNITIS (WITH UNITED FORCES), the reverse with a