US$ 30.00
silvered steel hardware
and is well preserved with only sight soiling on the obverse and reverse
three years in Indochina
An example of an Imperial Austrian Memorial Cross for Kaiser Franz Joseph I Second Class “Erinnerungskreuz an Kaiser und König Franz Joseph I Zweite Klasse”
This particular star has all the manufacturing characteristics of Bacqueville production
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 9-Year Long Military Service Cross, C.1900 certificate_of_authenticity silvered steel hardware(Militrdienstkreiz III. Klasse fr 9 Dienstjahre der Unteroffiziere und Mannschaften). Instituted 2 March 1869 by Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm. (1869 1913 issue). Constructed of copper, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich Franz, the reverse with central Roman numerals IX, unmarked, measuring 35. 38 mm (w) x 42. 34 mm (h), weighing 12. 8 grams, in very fine condition.