Austria, Republic. An Honour Badge For Merit Of The Republic Of Austria, V Class, C.1955 Archive 1943" (subtitled "Instructional Production Section

1943" (subtitled "Instructional Production Section

and the first nonstop crossing of the Pacific Ocean by air

maker marked with the logo of Gebrüder Schneider

” measures 28

two bearing brief inscriptions

Austria, Republic. An Honour Badge For Merit Of The Republic Of Austria, V Class, C.1955 Archive 1943" (subtitled "Instructional Production Section(Ehrenzeichen fr Verdienste um die Republik sterreich). Instituted in 1952. Badge: cross shaped base in silver with red and white enamels, arms insignia suspension in silver with red, white, blue and black enamels, measuring 50 mm (w) x 72 mm (h) inclusive of its arms suspension, full length neck ribbon; and Breast Star: arms insignia in silver with red, white, blue and black enamels, mounted to an eight pointed silver star base, each star point with