Austria, Imperial. A Cross Of Merit With Crown, By Wilhelm Kunz, C.1918 GTRexclude on elongated integrated ring with

on elongated integrated ring with black and white striped ribbon

Footnote: Wilhelm Bohm

presenting a swastika with a pebbled-background

with silver paint

with a red painted edge inscribed “Nationalsozialistische DAP”

Austria, Imperial. A Cross Of Merit With Crown, By Wilhelm Kunz, C.1918 GTRexclude on elongated integrated ring with(Goldenes Verdienstkreuz mit Krone). Instituted 16 February 1850. (1850 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with red enameled arms, the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a central gilt monogram of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed by an inscription of VIRIBUS UNITIS (UNITED FORCES), the reverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a gilt date of 1849, on a