Austria, Imperial. Two Military Merit Medals, C. 1917/18 By Kautsch United Republic of orders exhibit enamel wear common

orders exhibit enamel wear common to presentation on a swing mounted bar with some minor cracking and flaking

in the Department of the Nord

the Hera slipped to the seafloor off Felice Island and entombed up by the sands of Clayoquot Sound

period mounted with 2 prongs

Austria, Imperial. Two Military Merit Medals, C. 1917/18 By Kautsch United Republic of orders exhibit enamel wear common1) An Austrian c. 1917 18 Silberne Militrverdienstmedaille, the medal constructed of silver; the obverse with a rightward facing bust of Kaiser Karl, circumscribed by Latin script maker marked Kautsch", the reverse inscribed Signum Laudis (Latin Sign for Praise) within a wreath consisting of oak and laurel leaves, on a medal extension and loop for suspension, with a period original wartime ribbon and a single clasp, measuring 30. 54 mm (w) x 44. 80 mm