Austria, Empire. Merit Cross 1849, Iv Class Case, C.1915 GTRexclude ) in Ursus near Warsaw

) in Ursus near Warsaw (today a part of the city)

Four rows of fine silvered bullion copper wire

in gilded silver

with an angular crease

both sides of each page trimmed in a 7 mm wide strip of white satin

Austria, Empire. Merit Cross 1849, Iv Class Case, C.1915 GTRexclude ) in Ursus near Warsaw(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