Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Merit Cross And Military Merit Medal Archive went out between the lines

went out between the lines and secured and recovered entrenching tools that had been abandoned in rifle pits between the skirmish lines in front of the V Corps

Footnote: Hilda May Cameron (née Young) was born on 14 August 1912 and

open to display a radiant chi-rho cross

the interior collar presents a maker label for HEINRICH SCHNELLER BERLIN W

Austria, Imperial. An 1849 Merit Cross And Military Merit Medal Archive went out between the linesAn 1849 Merit Cross, Type III, Civil Division, I Class Cross with Crown, bronze gilt with red enamel arms, the obverse medallion features the initials FJ, the reverse with the year 1849, the cross is surmounted by a crown with a red interior cap, marked on ring, measures 36. 9mm (w) x 59. 5mm (h inclusive of cross adorned crown suspension), the reverse medallion has been re enamelled, missing enamels in the cap, worn on replacement ribbon, in near