Austria, Empire. Merit Cross 1849, Iv Class Case, C.1915 GTRexclude both sides of each page

both sides of each page trimmed in a 7 mm wide strip of white satin

in gilded silver

recipient of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves

Four rows of fine silvered bullion copper wire

numbered “82862” and maker marked “Ferdinand Hoffstätter

Austria, Empire. Merit Cross 1849, Iv Class Case, C.1915 GTRexclude both sides of each page(Verdienstkreuz). Instituted in 1850. Hardshelled design on both the lid and base, the exterior with a greenish black pebbled covering on five sides, the bottom with an off white paper covering, date stamped "1915", maker stamped "ETUIS & CASSETTEN FABRIK JG. BERGMANN WIEN VII" and inscribed in handwritten black ink "beh. d. 6. Dezember 1915. Gefr. Jensen", the lid bearing the initials "V. K." (Verdienstkreuz) in silver coloured ink and framed by two