Austria, Republic. An Order of Merit to the Republic of Austria, Officer’s Cross with Case, by Souval Republic of 1916 at New Westminster

1916 at New Westminster

in golden-painted bakelite

For verterans blazers

presenting two folding creases and fraying along edges

each tray with four multiple grooved plates inserted

Austria, Republic. An Order of Merit to the Republic of Austria, Officer’s Cross with Case, by Souval Republic of 1916 at New WestminsterInstituted 1922. In silver with white enamels, reverse bearing a single vertical pin marked J. SOUVAL WIEN, measures 47. 2mm (w) x 54. 6 mm (h), enamels intact, in better than extremely fine condition. Contained in the original case of issue, a red textured exterior bearing the insignia on the lid, interior with a creme coloured silk lid marked RUDOLF SOUVAL, with a black velvet recessed medalbed in the base, measures 83. 7 mm (w) x 93. 1 mm (l) x 25.