Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross 1849, III Class and Bravery Medal, I Class Province of China Footnote: Hokkaido is the northern

Footnote: Hokkaido is the northern island of Japan and it is possible that this was an unofficial badge worn by the next of kin of soldiers killed in the China Incident

stationed in Deggendorf

now designated as the 7th Reserve Battalion at Seaford

engraver marked "S J" on the obverse

both prongs intact (however

Austria, Imperial. A Merit Cross 1849, III Class and Bravery Medal, I Class Province of China Footnote: Hokkaido is the northernInstituted December 2 1849. A Merit Cross, III Class with Crown, in silver, a red enamelled cross featuring a large central medallion bearing the initials FJ, the reverse bearing the date 1849, cross surmounted by a crown with interior red enamelled cap, measures 36 mm (w) x 58. 3 mm (h inclusive of cross adorned ball suspension), marked on the ring with A denoting Vienna manufacture and WK and KUNZ WIEN denoting manufacturer by Wilhelm Kunz, worn on