Austria, Empire. An Honour Medal for 25 Years of Home Guard Meritorious Service, c. 1910 Province of China which mortally wounded the officer

which mortally wounded the officer

the son of Evelyn Gray and Violet Auriol Wilkins

The announcement of his death appeared in the The New York Evening News on Thursday

measuring 36 mm (w) x 47 mm (h)

a late-war example in unissued and extremely fine condition

Austria, Empire. An Honour Medal for 25 Years of Home Guard Meritorious Service, c. 1910 Province of China which mortally wounded the officer(Ehrenzeichen fr die 25 Jhrige verdienstliche Mitgliedschaft bei einer landsturmpflichtigen Krperschaft). Instituted November 26th, 1908. A circular gilded silver medal, the obverse depicting the Crowned Royal Cypher of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed Constantiae et Patriae Amori in capitalized Latin, the reverse bearing a double headed Austrian Eagle with laurels at the base and topped by the inscription Quinque Lustra in matching capitalized Latin, on