Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class Cross with War Decoration and II Class Small Decoration, c.1915 Auction was pulled down and melted

was pulled down and melted down to provide the bronze for the recast equestrian statue of Henry IV on the Pont Neuf (as was bronze from sculptures on the Column of the Grande Armée at Boulogne-sur-Mer)

by Sydney B

all affixed to a 60 mm-long card stock bar

with a celluloid backing on the reverse

A War of 1812 Battle of Lake Erie Centennial Medal - Bronze

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Cross, III Class Cross with War Decoration and II Class Small Decoration, c.1915 Auction was pulled down and melted(Militrverdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit Kriegsdekoration und Miniatur). Instituted 24 October 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph. (1914 1918 Issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon indeed with a gilded and enameled II Class Small Decoration with Swords, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with white enameled arms trimmed with red enameled borders, joined through the