Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Medal, Silver Grade with Swords and Case, by Rothe GTRexclude within a barbed wire wreath

within a barbed wire wreath

WWI 105th Infantry Battalion "P

For students of the Victorian Navy and collectors of naval medals it will be invaluable

he wears the Iron Cross 1st Class

including an Imperial 20 Pfennig note

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Medal, Silver Grade with Swords and Case, by Rothe GTRexclude within a barbed wire wreath(Militr Verdienstmedaille in Silber mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silver, the obverse of the medal bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Emperor Franz Joseph, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of SIGNUM LAUDIS (SIGN OF PRAISE), unmarked, measuring 25. 6 mm (w) x 45. 3 mm (h), weighing 26. 8 grams (inclusive of ribbon and clasp), on loop from a crown suspension with its period