Austria, Empire. A Telegrapher Badge, C.1915 Hold Lieutenant-General Sir Richard E

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard E

two weeks shy of his 80th birthday

Devise and Bequeath unto my wife

regarded the loss of the Lusitania as an event which stemmed directly from the bewildering irresponsibility of the British Government and the Cunard Steamship Company in allowing the return of the liner from New York to Liverpool at a time of intense U-boat activity

You’ve been a detainee for a year and a half and haven’t gotten any mail from us

Austria, Empire. A Telegrapher Badge, C.1915 Hold Lieutenant-General Sir Richard EGilt die stamped metal, unmarked, 45. 8 mm, intact clip on the reverse, scattered gilt wear, light contact and surface wear, very fine.