Austria, Imperial. A Pair Of Military Merit Medals By Heinrich Kautsch Auction Archive with die-cut support and the

with die-cut support and the base intact

It measures 107 mm (w) x 148 mm (h) and is in very fine condition

being placed in command of the 5th Divisional Train

Crooks appears to have returned to his original trade of Skinner and is listed in Kilmarnock directories as a Skinner (a person that prepares or deals in hides) and Fellmonger (a dealer in hides or skins

ring marked WS

Austria, Imperial. A Pair Of Military Merit Medals By Heinrich Kautsch Auction Archive with die-cut support and the(Militrverdienstmedaillen). A pair of Military Merit Medals, including a Bronze Grade award, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon with sword clasp, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Emperor Charles I, circumscribed by name and title in Latin, the reverse with a central inscription of SIGNUM LAUDIS (SIGN OF PRAISE), within a laurel and oak leaf wreath, topped by the imperial crowns