Austria, First Republic. A Military Merit Medal, C.1935 Archive with black leather fish skin

with black leather fish skin style grips embedded on either side

In any case his labour service passed without incident

reverse presents a vertical pinback with functional hinge/catch assembly

with age appropriate material fatigue evident and one missing its back cover

Austria, First Republic. A Military Merit Medal, C.1935 Archive with black leather fish skin(Militrverdienstmedaille). A round silver gilt medal; the obverse depicting a static Seipels cross surrounded by a twig of laurel and oak leaves; the reverse inscribed Fr Verdienste (German For Merit); with a double headed Austrian eagle perched atop the medal; on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon; measuring 29. 98 mm in diameter; 25. 3 weighing 25. 3 grams; in virtually mint condition. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert