Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross 1849, III Class and Bravery Medal, I Class GTRexclude with the left side finished

with the left side finished in a Prussian black and white colour scheme

left hand collar tab has a fifteen-tooth gear with a voided centre above a five leaf cluster indicating the rank of Scharführer

During the next few years he went through several training courses to become an military leader and a police officer

(Mützenband “SMS Don Juan D’Austria”)

the “Condor Legion

Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross 1849, III Class and Bravery Medal, I Class GTRexclude with the left side finishedInstituted December 2 1849. A Merit Cross, III Class with Crown, in silver, a red enamelled cross featuring a large central medallion bearing the initials FJ, the reverse bearing the date 1849, cross surmounted by a crown with interior red enamelled cap, measures 36 mm (w) x 58. 3 mm (h inclusive of cross adorned ball suspension), marked on the ring with A denoting Vienna manufacture and WK and KUNZ WIEN denoting manufacturer by Wilhelm Kunz, worn on