Austria, First Republic. A Military Merit Medal, C.1935 Archive He went on to fight

He went on to fight in a Freikorps in the Silesian Uprisings in 1919

reverse presents a vertical pinback with functional hinge/catch assembly

with black leather fish skin style grips embedded on either side

7 cm long with the scabbard on

Austria, First Republic. A Military Merit Medal, C.1935 Archive He went on to fight(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