Iron Cross of Merit on wartime ribbon (Eisernes Verdienstkreuz am Kriegsband), 1916-1918 issue, with related miniature. Zinc alloy (Kriegsmetall) cross pattée alisée on laterally-pierced ball suspension; the face with a circular central medallion bearing the initials ‘FJ’ (for Emperor Franz Joseph I, 1848-1916) encircled by a ring bearing the inscription ‘VIRIBUS UNITIS’.
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