Austria, Imperial. A Merit Medal For The Lower Austrian Mobilization Of 1797 Hold he ultimately joined with the

he ultimately joined with the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War and aided in the early organization of the Red Army

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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

secured in place by four rivets

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

Austria, Imperial. A Merit Medal For The Lower Austrian Mobilization Of 1797 Hold he ultimately joined with the(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,