Austria, Empire. A Lot of Medals & Awards consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac relatively smooth to the touch

relatively smooth to the touch

He was educated in the intellectually liberal atmosphere of Geneva

Stitched onto the front is a field-made cockade consisting of a oval reinforced white wool backer topped by black and pale red or orange

in otherwise better than extremely fine condition

Type II (1887-1943) (in bronze

Austria, Empire. A Lot of Medals & Awards consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac relatively smooth to the touch1. A Signum Memoriae of Franz Josef, 1898. Obverse bearing a portrait of Franz Josef, reverse inscription reads SIGNUM MEMORIAE surrounded by laurel wreath, 33. 5 mm, evidence of light wear on obverse, on original triangular ribbon, extremely fine condition. Footnote: The Jubilee Medal (Signum Memoriae) was a military award of AustriaHungary. Established on 21 October 1898 by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, it commemorates 50 years of his reign.