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

the CBE on a civil ribbon

7 cm long with the scabbard on

he transferred to the 2nd Company of Grenadier-Ausbildungs-Bataillon 376 (Grenadier Training Battalion 376)

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