Austria, Empire. A Cross Of Merit, Third Class, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity with blue threading giving definition

with blue threading giving definition to the wings

affixed by two rivets

dated December 3

He was promoted to the rank of Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class on October 19

The Sabor (Croatian parliament)

Austria, Empire. A Cross Of Merit, Third Class, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity with blue threading giving definition(Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse). Issued 1914 1918. A hollow bronze gilt Latin 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; the reverse with a similar white enameled medallion, dated 1849 in gilt numbers, surrounded by a narrow gilt ring, and a