Austria, Imperial. A Lot of Orders, Medals & Decorations Auction during the Red Army’s siege

during the Red Army’s siege of that city

1932-1947 Silvered bronze and enamels with gilt cypher of Carol I

with gilt characters above and below

arriving in England on the 25th

I Class: In bronze and enamel

Austria, Imperial. A Lot of Orders, Medals & Decorations Auction during the Red Army’s siege1. A Military Merit Cross, I Class with Crown; (Goldenes Verdienstkreuz mit Krone). Instituted 16 February 1850. (1850 1918 issue). Military Division. In gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a cross with red enamelled arms, the obverse with a central white enamelled medallion bearing a central gilt monogram of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed by an inscription of VIRIBUS UNITIS (UNITED FORCES), the reverse with a central white