Austria, Imperial. Two Silver Military Merit Medals, C. 1917/18 United Republic of mounted to a eight-pointed star

mounted to a eight-pointed star base

both the gorget and the chain are made entirely of die-stamped steel

Dated April 30th 1942

A 1937 NSDAP Ortsgruppe Heilsbronn badge

Backe was interned due to being a Prussian citizen

Austria, Imperial. Two Silver Military Merit Medals, C. 1917/18 United Republic of mounted to a eight-pointed star1) An Austrian c. 1917 Military Merit Medal on Peacetime ribbon; the medal constructed of silver; the obverse with a rightward facing bust of Kaiser Franz Joseph, circumscribed by Latin script; the reverse inscribed Signum Laudis (Latin Sign for Praise) within a wreath consisting of oak and laurel leaves; on a swivel crown and loop suspension from its period original peacetime ribbon with a collectors paper tag attached to the reverse of the ribbon;