Austria, Empire. A Merit Cross “1849”, IV. Class, c.1870 Hold 1st Class Cross with Swords

1st Class Cross with Swords (bronze gilt and enamels)

perhaps to Anglicize his German surname

The document is dated to Brunswick in January of 1939

” and “RZM 35” for “Ferdinand Hoffstätter

conduct) and tracking (visual

Austria, Empire. A Merit Cross “1849”, IV. Class, c.1870 Hold 1st Class Cross with Swords(Verdienstkreuz). Instituted December 2nd, 1849. (1849 1875 issue). Constructed of silver with red enamels, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with red enamelled arms, the obverse with a central medallion bearing a central monogram of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed by an inscription of Viribus Unitis (United Forces), the reverse with a central medallion bearing the date of 1849, on a hollow swivel crown and swivel ring for suspension from its period