Austria, Empire. A Marksmanship Performance Badge Of The Kuk Artillery For First Gunners certificate_of_authenticity dated 17 June 1939

dated 17 June 1939

reverse with matching red and cotton panels but without inscriptions

circumscribed by their names and titles

Footnote: The Order of Santa Rosa and the Civilization was instituted in Honduras by President José María Medina on February 21

Austria, Empire. A Marksmanship Performance Badge Of The Kuk Artillery For First Gunners certificate_of_authenticity dated 17 June 1939In bronzed tombac, illustrating crossed cannons backed by a target and surmounted by the Austrian crown, all within an open ended wreath of laurel leaves, measuring 45. 7 mm in diameter, intact clip, scattered bronzing wear on the obverse, surface rust on the reverse, very fine. Footnote: This was instituted in 1888 by Kaiser Franz Joseph, while in 1913 a similar badge, with the Hungarian crown, was adopted for the Hungarian Artillery.