Austria, Republic. An Order of Merit to the Republic of Austria, Officer’s Cross with Case, by Souval visually-hidden (Deutsche Arbeitsfront Offiziersschiffchen)

(Deutsche Arbeitsfront Offiziersschiffchen)

a suburb of Philadelphia

obverse centre exhibiting a silver royal cypher of Muhammad V an-Nasir on an enameled green background

his rank is "A

Two additional polished magnetic metal fixtures are secured to the throat and upper third of the scabbard

Austria, Republic. An Order of Merit to the Republic of Austria, Officer’s Cross with Case, by Souval visually-hidden (Deutsche Arbeitsfront Offiziersschiffchen)Instituted 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.