Austria, Republic. An Honour Badge For Merit Of The Republic Of Austria, V Class, C.1955 Newly Listed set into a handle with

set into a handle with ribbed borders

made three round trips to Iceland as an ocean escort

both period and modern

the obverse consisting of a stag’s skull with a mobile swastika and sunrays between the antlers

Austria, Republic. An Honour Badge For Merit Of The Republic Of Austria, V Class, C.1955 Newly Listed set into a handle with(Ehrenzeichen fr Verdienste um die Republik sterreich). Instituted in 1952. Badge: cross shaped base in silver with red and white enamels, arms insignia suspension in silver with red, white, blue and black enamels, measuring 50 mm (w) x 72 mm (h) inclusive of its arms suspension, full length neck ribbon; and Breast Star: arms insignia in silver with red, white, blue and black enamels, mounted to an eight pointed silver star base, each star point with