Austria, First Republic. A Military Merit Medal, Bronze Grade certificate_of_authenticity and First War Victory Medal

and First War Victory Medal (in bronze gilt

usually with the addition of Italian or German tunics and bits of more traditional Cossack wear

The version without swords was awarded to those individuals who made an exceptional contribution in armed conflict or directing military operations in Poland or outside its borders

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath - Military Division

"" (Whitehead & Hoag) on the reverse

Austria, First Republic. A Military Merit Medal, Bronze Grade certificate_of_authenticity and First War Victory Medal(Militrverdienstmedaille, Bronze). A round bronze medal; the obverse depicting the Austrian national eagle; the reverse inscribed FR VERDIENSTE UM DIE REPUBLIK STERREICH (German For Merit for the Republic of Austria); on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon; measuring 36. 04 mm in diameter; weighing 18. 4 grams; in overall very fine condition. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent assemblage of