Austria, Empire. A Lot of Medals & Awards consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac operations M

operations M

relatively smooth to the touch

He was educated in the intellectually liberal atmosphere of Geneva

Footnote: The Syrian Arab Army Medal was instituted on August 1

Stitched onto the front is a field-made cockade consisting of a oval reinforced white wool backer topped by black and pale red or orange

Austria, Empire. A Lot of Medals & Awards consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac operations M1. A Signum Memoriae of Franz Josef, 1898. Obverse bearing a portrait of Franz Josef, reverse inscription reads SIGNUM MEMORIAE surrounded by laurel wreath, 33. 5 mm, evidence of light wear on obverse, on original triangular ribbon, extremely fine condition. Footnote: The Jubilee Medal (Signum Memoriae) was a military award of AustriaHungary. Established on 21 October 1898 by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, it commemorates 50 years of his reign.