Austria. A Merit Cross "1849", 3Rd Class, 2Nd Period (1875-1914) Archive with silver and green colored

with silver and green colored highlights

000-foot high mountains of the Graham Land Peninsula and surveyed the last thousand miles of the most inaccessible coastline of the world

(Medaille für Treue in Arbeit)

Masthead entitled "The State of Vermont" flanked by the United States coat-of-arms on the left and the State of Vermont coat-of-arms on the right

WITLEY" below

Austria. A Merit Cross "1849", 3Rd Class, 2Nd Period (1875-1914) Archive with silver and green coloredVerdienstkreuz. Instituted in 1849. In silver with red enamels, marked with a Diana's head (Dianakopf) hallmark, the head flanked by a "3" (silver fineness) on the left and marked with the assay city mark "A" (Vienna) on the right and maker marked "F. BRAUN IN WIEN" on the ring, measuring 36. 7 mm (w) x 52 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, intact enamels, on its original triangular ribbon with hook and eye, extremely fine.