Austria, Imperial. A Matricular Eagle Of The Tirolean Nobility C.1965 GTRexclude BLAKENEY Head

BLAKENEY Head

John the Divine in New York and engraver marked ""W

A First Class War Merit Cross with Swords by Steinhauer & Luck

Constructed of red wool with a buckram core

He wears the collar tabs of a Senior Lance Corporal

Austria, Imperial. A Matricular Eagle Of The Tirolean Nobility C.1965 GTRexclude BLAKENEY Head(Abzeichen der Tiroler Adelsmatrikel). Instituted 1806. Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a double sided and red enameled Tirol style national eagle with each wing highlighted by white enameled sprigs, the obverse bearing a central white enameled shield overlaid by a gilt monogram of F. I for for Emperor Franz Joseph, the reverse bearing an analogous central white enameled shield bearing a gilt inscription of M. T