Austria, Imperial. An Imperial Merit Cross, Fourth Class, By Rothe, C.1875 Buy Now 55 mm x 75 mm)

55 mm x 75 mm)

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serving as a textbook example of a Second Pattern Luftwaffe dagger

Austria, Imperial. An Imperial Merit Cross, Fourth Class, By Rothe, C.1875 Buy Now 55 mm x 75 mm)Type II. 1875 1914 Issue. A fine quality manufacture and well preserved example of an Imperial Austrian 1914 1918 issue Imperial Merit Cross Fourth Class; in silver and red enamels; consisting of a red enameled cross with a central silver medallion inscribed FJ for Franz Josef, circumscribed by Viribus Unitis (Latin Stand United); the reverse with a similar central silver medallion dated 1849; on a swivel crown and loop for suspension; the loop marked