Austria, Imperial. A Tirolian 1796 Issue Silver Merit Medal; Small Version Auction Winter retired as a Brigadier-General

Winter retired as a Brigadier-General in 1921 and died on 21 October 1946

magnetic/iron centre

Bavaria: Reserve Infantry Long Service Medal

Ernst Leitz

hand carved with 2 four fingered dragons on reverse

Austria, Imperial. A Tirolian 1796 Issue Silver Merit Medal; Small Version Auction Winter retired as a Brigadier-GeneralAn example of a Kleine silberne Erinnerungs und Verdienstmedaille; a round silver medal; the obverse with the rightward facing bust of Kaiser Franz, circumscribed by his name and title; the reverse inscribed Pro Fide Principe Et Patria Fortiter Pugnanti within a laurel wreath, circumscribed by Latin script and 1796; on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon; measuring 35. 85 mm in diameter; weighing 15. 0 grams with its ribbon; in