Austria, Empire. A Lot of Two Merit Crosses visually-hidden where he was promptly arrested

where he was promptly arrested and thrown into prison at l'Abbaye

and with only minor discolouration of the white fabric from light period use

He was promoted to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)

Royal Flying Corps was Mentioned in Despatches a second time

2) A Second War German Faithful Service Medal for Forty Years’ Service miniature stickpin

Austria, Empire. A Lot of Two Merit Crosses visually-hidden where he was promptly arrested(Verdienstkreuz 1849). Instituted December 2nd, 1849. A lot of two Merit Crosses 1849, consisting of: 1. A Merit Cross 1849. Constructed of gilded bronze with red enamels, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with red enameled arms, the obverse with a central medallion bearing a central gilt monogram of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed by an inscription of Viribus Unitis (United Forces) in capitalized Latin, the reverse with a central medallion bearing the