Austria, Imperial. Two Silver Military Merit Medals, C. 1917/18 United Republic of Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class

Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (silver with black enamels

Ashcroft Bldgs

Backe was interned due to being a Prussian citizen

mounted to a eight-pointed star base

Austria, Imperial. Two Silver Military Merit Medals, C. 1917/18 United Republic of Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class1) An Austrian c. 1917 Military Merit Medal on Peacetime ribbon; the medal constructed of silver; the obverse with a rightward facing bust of Kaiser Franz Joseph, circumscribed by Latin script; the reverse inscribed Signum Laudis (Latin Sign for Praise) within a wreath consisting of oak and laurel leaves; on a swivel crown and loop suspension from its period original peacetime ribbon with a collectors paper tag attached to the reverse of the ribbon;