Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Medal, Bronze Grade With Swords And Case, By Zimbler Newly Listed HUDSON & Co BIRMINGHAM 1915"

HUDSON & Co BIRMINGHAM 1915" on the shaft

A silver gilt Byzantine cross with broad ends

each eagle is adorned by the Russian crown and a central shield with a St

measuring 47 mm (w) x 88 mm (h) inclusive of its Sampaguita open-ended wreath suspension with bar inscribed "FOR GALLANTRY"

This is a broken-off ID tag belonging to one of the Soviet Prisoners of War of the Stalag 333 Beniaminow

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Medal, Bronze Grade With Swords And Case, By Zimbler Newly Listed HUDSON & Co BIRMINGHAM 1915"(Militr Verdienstmedaille in Bronze mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop from a crown suspension with its period original tri fold ribbon, the latter notably pinned with a sword clasp constructed of magnetic iron, the obverse of the medal bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Emperor Franz Joseph, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of SIGNUM LAUDIS (SIGN OF PRAISE),