Austria, Imperial. A Tyrol Defence Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 3rd Model with Swastika

3rd Model with Swastika

ribbing on the spine

Léopoldville defeated secessionist movements in Katanga and South Kasai by the start of 1963

promoted republican principles and French interests

The front is completed by four large gilt aluminum buttons on the right side

Austria, Imperial. A Tyrol Defence Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 3rd Model with SwastikaIn silver, the obverse features a left facing bust, surrounded by the inscription FRANZ JOSEPH I. KAISER VON OESTERREICH (for the Tyrolean Defence, 1848), the reverse features the inscription MIT GOTT FUR KAISER UND VATERLAND DEM TIROLER LANDESVERTHEIDIGER (with God for Emperor and Fatherland), measures 30. 8mm (w) x 41. 2mm (h), measures 14. 0 grams, lovely patina, edge knocks, remains in very fine condition.