Austria, Empire/Croatia. A Rare First War Croatian Diaspora Medal, Made in Chicago Archive Franco was promoted to the

Franco was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant

the obverse depicting a leftward facing diademed and veiled effigy of Queen Victoria wearing the Order of the Garter and circumscribed by he name and title in Latin

his citation stating: "For most conspicuous gallantry on the 14th of September near Verneuil

each perforated at the top with dual eyelets

- (T-4239 DVR

Austria, Empire/Croatia. A Rare First War Croatian Diaspora Medal, Made in Chicago Archive Franco was promoted to theA very rare, unofficial decoration, in bronze, the obverse featuring the bust of Francis Joseph I, surrounded by the inscription FRANCJO JOSIP I KRALJ HRVATSKE SLAVONIJE I DALMACIJE (Francis Joseph I, King of Croatian Slavonia and Dalmatia), the reverse bears the inscription USPOMENA NA SVIJETSKI RAT 1914 1915 (MEMORIAL OF THE WORLD WAR 1914 1915), the reverse marked G. D. CHI[?]DS. & CO CHICAGO, measures 30. 6 mm (w) x 47. 2 mm (h), weighs 19. 5