Austria, First Republic. Two Merit Order Sash Sections United Republic of with a cloth-covered button

with a cloth-covered button

maker marked "Ш

and the years 1893-94 in Paris returning to Helsingfors where he graduated in 1895

marked "POSTKARTE" (postcard) and "Helft helfen

It is called “Der Vaderen Zonen” (Fathers’ Sons)

Austria, First Republic. Two Merit Order Sash Sections United Republic of with a cloth-covered buttonBoth early 20th century examples, first sash is fabricated from silk, incorporating a decorative moir pattern, with a wide white field flanked by wide red stripes and trimmed with a thin white stripe along the edges, a large circular rosette resting upon a bow tie and sewn in place near the bottom end for the placement of the badge, measuring 109 mm wide x 320 mm in length. Second sash is fabricated from silk, incorporating a decorative moir pattern,