Austria, Imperial. A Franz Joseph I Patriotic Navy Badge Hold the December Christmas edition with

the December Christmas edition with soiling evident on the first page

From the obituary we learn that Borchardt was almost 32 years old at the time he died

with some of the original gilt having worn off due to age and wear

measuring 40 mm x 21 mm

measuring 17 mm (w) x 18 mm (h)

Austria, Imperial. A Franz Joseph I Patriotic Navy Badge Hold the December Christmas edition withA diamond shaped badge constructed of gilded metal with white enamel, the obverse centre bears the left facing portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I with the inscription VIRIBUS UNITIS (WITH UNITED FORCES) to the left, circumscribed with UNSER LAND GOTT ERHALTE GOTT BESCHTZE UNSERN KAISER (GOD PRESERVE GOD PROTECT OUR EMPEROR OUT COUNTRY), in gilt letters on white enamel, the reverse is plain and bears a horizontal pinback, measuring 45. 32 mm, very fine.