Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses Auction Archive I was taken prisoner by

I was taken prisoner by the Japanese on the 25th of December 1941 at Stanley Fort

with Bourbon Coat of Arms on reverse (1864-1868)

worn with expected contact to enamels

3 mm x 69 mm and 41

Sapper Robert Milbourn Matthews was discharged upon demobilization at No

Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses Auction Archive I was taken prisoner by(Verdienstkreuze). A grouping of two merit crosses, consisting of 1) A Second Class Merit Cross 1849; constructed of bronze gilt, with red enamels arms; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion inscribed FJ in bronze gilt for Franz Joseph, surrounded why a white ring of enamels, inscribed VIRIBUS UNITIS (Latin Joining Forces); the reverse with a central white enameled medallion, inscribed 1849, surrounded by a bronze gilt ring; on a loop