Austria, Empire. A Silver Civil Merit Cross, C.1815 certificate_of_authenticity marked 20 underneath pin (Zimmerman)

marked 20 underneath pin (Zimmerman)

nickel plated with blue enamel

as he had been transferred five months earlier

the reverse states “To my fatherly friends

he would receive a royalty on every box sold

Austria, Empire. A Silver Civil Merit Cross, C.1815 certificate_of_authenticity marked 20 underneath pin (Zimmerman)(Silbernes Civil Ehrenkreuz). Instituted 1815. A silver cross pattee; the obverse inscribed EUROPAE LIBERTATE ASSERTA, dated 1813 1814; the reverse inscribed GRATI PRINCEPS ET PATRIA FRANC IMP AUG; on a broad loop for suspension from its later period ribbon (with a collectors tag attached to the reverse); measuring 29. 78 mm (w) x 29. 55 mm (h); weighing 10. 9 grams; overall very fine condition. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin