Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses, C.1915 Auction Archive Sir George Edmund Hodgkinson was

Sir George Edmund Hodgkinson was a Shipowner and Insurance Agent by trade at 74 Cornwill and was formerly in partnership with the late Sir John Pirie

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A fine example of a first and second war period medal bar of five medals

72 mm in diameter

1892 in Krebsförden (today a district of Schwerin) got married on November 16

Austria, Empire. Two Merit Crosses, C.1915 Auction Archive Sir George Edmund Hodgkinson was(Verdienstkreuz 1849). Consisting of two crosses, 1) Third Period; Issued 1914 1918; constructed of silvered bronze; A Latin cross with rounded edges, with red enameled arms on the obverse and reverse; the obverse with a central medallion, inscribed FJ (Franz Josef) in capital lettering, surrounded by an ornately decorated ring; the reverse with a similar medallion, dated 1849 in silver numbering, suspended from a double loop suspension from its