Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Medal, Bronze Grade With Swords And Case, By Zimbler Newly Listed measuring 47 mm (w) x

measuring 47 mm (w) x 88 mm (h) inclusive of its Sampaguita open-ended wreath suspension with bar inscribed "FOR GALLANTRY"

The shell is flanked on each side by blackened magnetic metal discs perforated with seven ventilation holes

maker marked Willibald Kluge & Co

HUDSON & Co BIRMINGHAM 1915" on the shaft

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Medal, Bronze Grade With Swords And Case, By Zimbler Newly Listed measuring 47 mm (w) x(Militr Verdienstmedaille in Bronze mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop from a crown suspension with its period original tri fold ribbon, the latter notably pinned with a sword clasp constructed of magnetic iron, the obverse of the medal bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Emperor Franz Joseph, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of SIGNUM LAUDIS (SIGN OF PRAISE),