Austria, Empire. Merit Cross 1849, Iv Class Case, C.1915 Auction he was placed on command

he was placed on command at the 3rd Canadian Convalescent Depot

then Acting Sergeant

in stamped brass with stamped brass face plate affixed by two spot solders

A 1938/39 WHW (Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes/Winter Relief of the German People)

Austria, Empire. Merit Cross 1849, Iv Class Case, C.1915 Auction he was placed on command(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