Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Medal In Bronze, With Case, By Zimbler certificate_of_authenticity A Case for the Iron

A Case for the Iron Cross First Class 1939 - Showing minor exterior wear

vertical straps with white finished uppers stitched in place to the body of the belt on the left side

the soldier at the left with an artillery insignia on his belt buckle

suspended from arabesques with swords - marked “JL” for “Jacob Leser” and “950” for silver content on the swords

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Medal In Bronze, With Case, By Zimbler certificate_of_authenticity A Case for the Iron(Bronzene Militr Verdienstmedaille mit Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Franz Joseph I circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with an inscription of SIGNUM LAUDIS (SIGN OF PRAISE) inside of a laurel and oak wreath, with a richly detailed crown suspension and loop connecting to a period original tri fold ribbon, unmarked, measuring 30. 77 mm (w) x 51. 74 mm (h), weighing 21. 2 grams,