Austria, Second Republic. A Veterans Association Service Medal Bar, c. 1964 visually-hidden along with assorted research papers

along with assorted research papers and four Reproduction Photographs of the USS Arizona (two showing the battleship upon completion of modernization at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth

measuring 13 3/4 inches (or 35cm) long

and maker mark Berg & Nolte A

he was not placed in active service yet

it was ordered in October 1939 that all rank patches were to be removed as SS collar insignia were deemed no longer necessary

Austria, Second Republic. A Veterans Association Service Medal Bar, c. 1964 visually-hidden along with assorted research papersA medal bar grouping of four medals and awards, with an additional veterans association service medals, consisting of: 1. A Gold Medal for Merit to the Republic of Austria (Goldene Medaille fr Verdienste um die Republik sterreich). Instituted April 2nd, 1952. A circular gilded silver medal, the obverse depicting the Austrian National Eagle surrounded by the Coat of Arms of all nine of Austrias states, the reverse is inscribed Fr Verdienste um die