Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Medal, Bronze Grade With Swords And Case, By Zimbler Auction Archive on a cut-out black wool

on a cut-out black wool base

with a black-and-white photograph glued to the second page

The exterior features complete with a protruding cardboard-reinforced visor

the patron saint of sailors

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Medal, Bronze Grade With Swords And Case, By Zimbler Auction Archive on a cut-out black wool(Militr Verdienstmedaille in Bronze mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop from a crown suspension with its period original tri fold ribbon, the latter notably pinned with a sword clasp constructed of magnetic iron, the obverse of the medal bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Emperor Franz Joseph, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of SIGNUM LAUDIS (SIGN OF PRAISE),