Austria, Republic. Austria, Republic. An Honour Badge For Merit Of The Republic Of Austria, Class 8 Auction with green-enamelled laurels and oak

with green-enamelled laurels and oak leaves in each quadrant

which removed a major obstacle to his and his successors' reforms in the Empire

when the Allies landed in North Africa

the origins of the insurgency attributed to the economic slump of the 1740s

taken on strength by the 8th Infantry Battalion in the field on the 22nd

Austria, Republic. Austria, Republic. An Honour Badge For Merit Of The Republic Of Austria, Class 8 Auction with green-enamelled laurels and oak(Ehrenzeichen fr Verdienste um die Republik sterreich). Instituted in 1952. Coat of arms insignia in silvered bronze with red, white, blue, green and black enamels, mounted to a cross base in silvered bronze with red and white enamels, maker marked "A. REITTERER JUWELIER WIEN IX SCHUBERTG. 24" on the reverse cartouche, measuring 63. 5 mm (w) x 62. 5 mm (h), vertical pinback, fine chipping evident in the green enamels on the shield bearing the Styria