Austria, Empire. Two Austrian Imperial Awards certificate_of_authenticity reverse inscribed in ink with

reverse inscribed in ink with the date "3

and two cloth cap insignia

Very attractive and extremely rare

with a loop for suspension and its period original ribbon

during 1849-1853 period

Austria, Empire. Two Austrian Imperial Awards certificate_of_authenticity reverse inscribed in ink withA grouping of two Austrian imperial awards, consisting of 1) A Fourth Class Merit Cross 1849; constructed of silver, with red enameled arms; the obverse with a silver medallion, inscribed FJ for Franz Joseph in capital lettering, surrounded by an ornately decorated ring; the reverse with a similar medallion, dated 1849 in silver numbering, suspended from a horizontally pierced suspension from a tri fold ribbon with gilded swords attached; measuring