Austria, Republic. An Honour Badge For Merit Of The Republic Of Austria, V Class, C.1955 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the exterior with a central

the exterior with a central shield bearing a raised field gun

With the Fisrt World War hostilities heating up in Europe

this overseas cap is extremely well preserved

eleven with various colours of enamels

He followed his tenure with U 9 with a posting to U 29 and would perish aboard the vessel on March 18

Austria, Republic. An Honour Badge For Merit Of The Republic Of Austria, V Class, C.1955 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the exterior with a central(Ehrenzeichen fr Verdienste um die Republik sterreich). Instituted in 1952. Badge: cross shaped base in silver with red and white enamels, arms insignia suspension in silver with red, white, blue and black enamels, measuring 50 mm (w) x 72 mm (h) inclusive of its arms suspension, full length neck ribbon; and Breast Star: arms insignia in silver with red, white, blue and black enamels, mounted to an eight pointed silver star base, each star point with