Austria, Imperial. A Merit Medal For The Lower Austrian Mobilization Of 1797 Auction 15 mm (h) and weighing

15 mm (h) and weighing 16

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is present in many cultures as a symbol of good luck and has no connection with the German National Socialists

the 2nd of October 1936

Austria, Imperial. A Merit Medal For The Lower Austrian Mobilization Of 1797 Auction 15 mm (h) and weighing(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,