Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses, C.1915 Auction Archive With the First World War

With the First World War in full swing

taking out his Flying Officer's Certificate at Napier Barracks

1883 and promoted to Ensign on June 26

Sir George Edmund Hodgkinson was a Shipowner and Insurance Agent by trade at 74 Cornwill and was formerly in partnership with the late Sir John Pirie

A fine example of a first and second war period medal bar of five medals

Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses, C.1915 Auction Archive With the First World War(Verdienstkreuz 1849). Consisting of two crosses, 1) Third Period; Issued 1914 1918; constructed of silvered bronze; A Latin cross with rounded edges, with red enameled arms on the obverse and reverse; the obverse with a central medallion, inscribed FJ (Franz Josef) in capital lettering, surrounded by an ornately decorated ring; the reverse with a similar medallion, dated 1849 in silver numbering, suspended from a double loop suspension from its