Includes:
five Empire awards:
1. Military Merit Medal "Signum Laudis", Bronze Grade with Swords, Franz Joseph I (Militärverdienstmedaille "Signum Laudis"). Instituted in 1890 (in bronze gilt, measuring 30.5 mm (w) x 51.5 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, crossed bronze swords on its original triangular ribbon with hook and eye);
2. two Commemorative Medals 1898 "Signum Memoriae" (Jubiläums Erinnerungsmedaille 1898 "Signum Memoriae"). Instituted in 1898 (in bronze gilt, measuring 34.3 mm in diameter, scattered gilt wear, on an original military and civil triangular ribbon with hook and eye respectively);
3. Military Long Service Decoration, 5th Issue (1913-1918), II Class to NCOs and Enlisted Men for Ten Years' Service (Militärdienstzeichen). Instituted in 1849 (two-piece constriction, in bronze gilt, measuring 35.7 mm (w) x 36 mm (h), bar suspension with incorrect ribbon);
4. Honour Decoration of the Red Cross, Silver Grade Medal (Ehrenzeichen vom Roten Kreuz). Instituted in 1914 (in silvered bronze with red and white enamels, measuring 35.8 mm (w) x 50 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension, chipping evident in the white enamels, bruised, contact marks and surface oxidation, without ribbon); and
5. Republic: Veteran's Pair: Salzburg Veteran's Association 50 Year Membership Medal (in bronze gilt, measuring 35.5 mm in diameter); and Italian Republic: FAEMA 20th Anniversary Medal (in frosted silver, engraved "O. BEUTEL OBERST a.D." on the obverse, maker marked "S. JOHNSON" and marked "800" (silver) on the reverse, measuring 35 mm in diameter). Ranging from fine to near extremely fine.
Footnote: FAEMA is a company that is primarily engaged in the production of espresso machines. It was founded in 1945 by Carlo Ernesto Valente, in Milan, Italy and became synonymous with the post-war production boom in Italy, by actively pursuing technological innovation as the company's driving force.