Austria, Imperial. Two Austrian Merit Crosses Auction Archive also inscribed with “I Ost

also inscribed with “I Ost

held the rank of SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer and served as Regiment Commander in the 2nd SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment “LSSAH”

44mm(w) x 57mm(h)

that he had no previous military service and that his trade was that of Labourer

Austria, Imperial. Two Austrian Merit Crosses Auction Archive also inscribed with “I OstA grouping of two Austrian Imperial Merit Crosses, consisting of 1) (Verdienstkreuz IV. Klasse). Instituted 1849 by Franz Joseph I. (1914 1918 Issue). Constructed of a hollow bronze gilt Ruppert Cross with rounded edges, with red enameled arms on the obverse and reverse, the obverse with a central white enameled medallion, inscribed FJ (Franz Josef) in capital gilt lettering, surrounded by a gilt ring, and an ornately decorated white ring of enamels