Austria, Imperial. Two Silver Military Merit Medals, C. 1917/18 certificate_of_authenticity with period neck ribbon

with period neck ribbon

5 mm inclusive of its crown suspension)

Photographic Reconnaissance has indicated that some defences are already being prepared on the high ground of the general line FONTENAY-LE-MARMION 0358 - GARCELLES and SEQUEVILLE 0959

before being transferred to MHCC Saint John

Austria, Imperial. Two Silver Military Merit Medals, C. 1917/18 certificate_of_authenticity with period neck ribbon1) An Austrian c. 1917 Military Merit Medal on Peacetime ribbon; the medal constructed of silver; the obverse with a rightward facing bust of Kaiser Franz Joseph, circumscribed by Latin script; the reverse inscribed Signum Laudis (Latin Sign for Praise) within a wreath consisting of oak and laurel leaves; on a swivel crown and loop suspension from its period original peacetime ribbon with a collectors paper tag attached to the reverse of the ribbon;