Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses Hold Footnote: Antigua Vilardebó and Riera

Footnote: Antigua Vilardebó and Riera was a large house goldsmith in Cuba

lightly soiled original ribbon suspended from a hanger with pinback

33 mm (w) x 44

George V issue

and the name of the vessel to which you were attached

Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses Hold Footnote: Antigua Vilardebó and Riera(Verdienstkreuze). A grouping of two merit crosses, consisting of 1) A Second Class Merit Cross 1849; constructed of bronze gilt, with red enamels arms; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion inscribed FJ in bronze gilt for Franz Joseph, surrounded why a white ring of enamels, inscribed VIRIBUS UNITIS (Latin Joining Forces); the reverse with a central white enameled medallion, inscribed 1849, surrounded by a bronze gilt ring; on a loop