Austria, Imperial. A Franz Joseph I Patriotic Navy Badge Hold with some of the original

with some of the original gilt having worn off due to age and wear

presenting light scuffing of the edges

From the obituary we learn that Borchardt was almost 32 years old at the time he died

measuring 40 mm x 21 mm

Footnote: The Aviso Grille was built by Blohm & Voss and commissioned on 19 May 1935 as the official German state yacht

Austria, Imperial. A Franz Joseph I Patriotic Navy Badge Hold with some of the originalA diamond shaped badge constructed of gilded metal with white enamel, the obverse centre bears the left facing portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I with the inscription VIRIBUS UNITIS (WITH UNITED FORCES) to the left, circumscribed with UNSER LAND GOTT ERHALTE GOTT BESCHTZE UNSERN KAISER (GOD PRESERVE GOD PROTECT OUR EMPEROR OUT COUNTRY), in gilt letters on white enamel, the reverse is plain and bears a horizontal pinback, measuring 45. 32 mm, very fine.