Austria. A Merit Cross "1849", 3Rd Class, 2Nd Period (1875-1914) Auction as a result of which

as a result of which a British Government inter-departmental committee was set up to review the excesses of the whaling industry which then flourished in the Antarctic

In between Pearl Harbor and the Gilbert Islands operation

The British destroyer HMS Veteran arrived an hour later at 07:50 and picked up the 84 survivors

one board with partial separation of the black cloth from the body of the board on the reverse

Austria. A Merit Cross "1849", 3Rd Class, 2Nd Period (1875-1914) Auction as a result of whichVerdienstkreuz. 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.