Austria, Empire. A Leopold Order, Knight’s Cross With Swords, War Decoration, And Small Decoration, By Rothe, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity reading “MERENTI” (Latin - Merit)

reading “MERENTI” (Latin - Merit)

while the upper left sleeve has a fine silvered aluminum wire two stripe Obergefreiter rank chevron sewn in place

The soviets raised her a year later and commissioned her into the Soviet Navy as TS-16 until she was broken up on December 12

Prussia: Military Long Service Cross for Twenty Five Years' Service (silver gilt

removed from a flag

Austria, Empire. A Leopold Order, Knight’s Cross With Swords, War Decoration, And Small Decoration, By Rothe, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity reading “MERENTI” (Latin - Merit)(Leopold Orden Ritterkreuz mit Kriegsdekoration, mit Kleiner Dekoration). Instituted on 8. 1. 1808. (Type III issued 1914 1918). A cross pattee constructed of bronze gilt with red and white enameled arms, the obverse with a central red enameled medallion, inscribed F. I. A for Franciscus Imperator Austriae, surrounded by a ring of white enamels, inscribed Integritati et Merito (Integrity and Merit), the reverse with a central white enameled medallion,