Austria, Imperial. A Merit Medal For The Lower Austrian Mobilization Of 1797 Hold with eagle sword overlaid by

with eagle sword overlaid by a Luftwaffe-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika and the tips of the wings joining each arm of the cross

He was granted a temporary rank in the Special Service Force and appointed to the Active Force in the rank of Lieutenant (Short Service Officer

the Federation award in silvered metal with enamels

After a week and now recovered

Contained in a very uniquely hourglass shaped case

Austria, Imperial. A Merit Medal For The Lower Austrian Mobilization Of 1797 Hold with eagle sword overlaid by(Verdienstmedaille des Niedersterreichischen Mobilisierungsaufgebots 1797). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Franz II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with an inscription of DEN BIEDEREN SOEHNEN OESTERREICHS DES LANDESVATERS DANK MDCCXCVII (TO THE WORTHY SONS OF AUSTRIA, THE FATHERLANDS THANKS), surrounded by oak leaf branches,