Austria, Republic. An Honour Badge For Merit Of The Republic Of Austria, Class Vii certificate_of_authenticity the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey insignia on a dark navy blue background

POELLATH SCHROBENHAUSSEN”

May 1915: assigned to the German Carrier Pidgeon Battalion

two days before being alerted by intelligence sources to the probability of a Japanese attack on Ceylon on April 1

for operations in Sicily

Austria, Republic. An Honour Badge For Merit Of The Republic Of Austria, Class Vii certificate_of_authenticity the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered(Ehrenzeichen fr Verdienste um die Republik sterreich). Instituted in 1952. The badge in silvered bronze with red and white enamels, the coat of arms suspension in silvered bronze with red, white, blue, green and black enamels, unmarked, measuring 50 mm (w) x 69 mm (h) inclusive of its coat of arms suspension, the badge with crazing evident in the white and red enamels on the arm at 6 o'clock on the obverse, along with scattered silvering on the