Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Merit Cross, in Gold, c.1880 Newly Listed A Third Reich Period Reichsnährstand

A Third Reich Period Reichsnährstand Membership Pin

on 13 March 1843

3 mm (h) dual prong pinback

Part V - World War II (8 - The RCASC Goes to War

white patinated silver cross base with a recessed cross placed at the junction of the arms

Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Merit Cross, in Gold, c.1880 Newly Listed A Third Reich Period Reichsnährstand(Goldenes Verdienstkreuz mit Krone). Instituted 16 February 1850. (1850 1918 issue). Military Division. Constructed of 18K Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross with red enamelled arms, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion bearing a central 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 date of 1849, on