Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Austrian Military Merit Medal with Second Award Clasp in Original Case German Uniforms 54 Caliber Percussion Rifle was

54 Caliber Percussion Rifle was in 1841 way ahead of its time and showed stout service in the American/Mexican War

Below this is a banner with the Royal Ordnance Corps motto SUA TELA TONANTI

Interior pockets are in good order and the lining retains a faint depot stamp

Air Forces Insignia to front

It is leather lined but the leather is heavily worn

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Austrian Military Merit Medal with Second Award Clasp in Original Case German Uniforms 54 Caliber Percussion Rifle wasOriginal Item. Only One Available. The Military Merit Medal (or Militr Verdienstmedaille in German) is a military decoration of the Empire of Austria Hungary founded by Emperor Franz Joseph I on March 12, 1890 and only awarded to officers and officials of similar rank. The Military Merit Medal is often referred to as the Signum Laudis (Latin for Sign of Praise) after the inscription on the reverse of the medal. It was awarded in peacetime for