Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Medal, Karl I, Bronze Medal By G.a Scheid United Republic of but also to kill civilians

but also to kill civilians in occupied Belarus and in the Warsaw Uprising

He wears a German Cross in Gold

measuring 149 mm (w) x 210 mm (h)

crazing evident in the white enamels on the tips of three of the seven star points on the insignia

It was under the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Health and Welfare

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Medal, Karl I, Bronze Medal By G.a Scheid United Republic of but also to kill civiliansInstituted March 12 1890 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. (1890 1917). In bronze gilt, a medal with the obverse features a profile of Karl I, the reverse presents the inscription SIGNVM LAVDIS surrounded by an oak and laurel wreath, the medal is surmounted by dual crowns of the Austrian Empire and Kingdom of Hungary, marked BRONZE on rim, measures 30. 6mm (w) x 45. 5mm (h inclusive of integral ring), weighs 21. 9 grams (including ribbon), worn on ribbon