Austria, Second Republic. A Lot of Two Military Merit Medals “Signum Laudis”, Museum Exhibition Examples, c. 1960 certificate_of_authenticity with elongated suspension loop

with elongated suspension loop

the twelve o’clock arm topped by a stylized integral loop connecting to a suspension ring which retains a period original ribbon

the other in blackened bronze

Constructed of oval bronzed aluminum

commander of Panzer forces in the African Theatre

Austria, Second Republic. A Lot of Two Military Merit Medals “Signum Laudis”, Museum Exhibition Examples, c. 1960 certificate_of_authenticity with elongated suspension loop(Militrverdienstmedaillen Signum Laudis). Instituted March 12th, 1890. (c. 1960 Museum Exhibition Examples). A lot of two Austrian Imperial Military Merit Medals, consisting of: 1. Military Merit Medal (Karl I). A circular gilded bronze medal, the obverse depicting the rightward facing profile of Karl I that is circumscribed by his name and title in Latin, the reverse inscribed Signum Laudis in capitalized Latin within a partial laurel oak leaf