Austria, Republic. An Order of Merit to the Republic of Austria, Officer’s Cross with Case, by Souval United Republic of The recipient is August Ortner

The recipient is August Ortner

when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (784921) with the 129th Infantry Battalion "Wentworth Battalion"

where it participated in anti-Partisan operations

A mixed lot of postwar photographs and signatures of Kriegsmarine Knight’s Cross recipients

3 mm inclusive of its crossed swords suspension

Austria, Republic. An Order of Merit to the Republic of Austria, Officer’s Cross with Case, by Souval United Republic of The recipient is August OrtnerInstituted 1922. In silver with white enamels, reverse bearing a single vertical pin marked J. SOUVAL WIEN, measures 47. 2mm (w) x 54. 6 mm (h), enamels intact, in better than extremely fine condition. Contained in the original case of issue, a red textured exterior bearing the insignia on the lid, interior with a creme coloured silk lid marked RUDOLF SOUVAL, with a black velvet recessed medalbed in the base, measures 83. 7 mm (w) x 93. 1 mm (l) x 25.