An Austrian Military Merit Medal; Karl I Bronze Grade Newly Listed and is dated Okt

and is dated Okt

Newfoundland was still a separate British colony which did not enter Canadian Confederation until 1949

inscribed "IN AMINTIREA ANULUI Al 40lea AL CAPITANIEI" (In Memory of the 40th Anniversary of Reign"  with the dates "1866" and "1906" along with "MELE" (My) hand-stamped on the reverse

He signed his Attestation Paper on June 21

initiated by philanthropist Alfred Douglas Hamilton as a result of the Crimean War

An Austrian Military Merit Medal; Karl I Bronze Grade Newly Listed and is dated OktGilt on war materials, 30. 5 mm x 43. 5 mm, crossed bronze swords on the triangular ribbon, spotting on the obverse, near extremely fine.