Austria, Imperial. Two Military Merit Medals, C. 1917/18 By Kautsch GTRexclude comprising: Sash Badge in silver

comprising: Sash Badge in silver gilt enamels

ten creases spread across the photo from having been rolled at one time)

an oak tree stump in the foreground with oak leaves at its base and an offshoot branch on the right side of the stump with sprigs of oak leaves

Boxed - Bronze gilt

Austria, Imperial. Two Military Merit Medals, C. 1917/18 By Kautsch GTRexclude comprising: Sash Badge in silver1) An Austrian c. 1917 18 Silberne Militrverdienstmedaille, the medal constructed of silver; the obverse with a rightward facing bust of Kaiser Karl, circumscribed by Latin script maker marked Kautsch", the reverse inscribed Signum Laudis (Latin Sign for Praise) within a wreath consisting of oak and laurel leaves, on a medal extension and loop for suspension, with a period original wartime ribbon and a single clasp, measuring 30. 54 mm (w) x 44. 80 mm