the left-facing bust of Franz Joseph I and the Austrian coat-of-arms on the right arm
to the fact that one of his traps had fouled on the bottom and that when he’d pulled up the trap’s line it was rust-stained
on a loop for suspension from an award chain
obverse illustrating a Hawker Osprey III with the Portuguese Order of the Christ insignia on the tips of each wing
Turkey. A First War Issued Medal For Merit, Gold Grade United Republic of the left-facing bust of FranzTurkey (Ottoman Empire); Bronze gilt, 25. 5 mm, ornate suspension, "1332" (1914) clasp affixed to the ribbon, hanger with pinback, each of the suspension, clasp and hanger hallmarked on the reverse with a six sided star, light contact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Medal for Merit was established in 1870 (1308), as evidence by the date on the reverse. (C: 102)