Austria, Empire. Two Awards & Decorations Auction silver gilt hammer and sickle

silver gilt hammer and sickle insignia on silver gilt and enamel base

accompanied by its 10 mm x 36 mm ribbon bar with pinback and its 3

inscribed “Virtute et Exemplo” (Latin - Power and Virtue)

clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax

The wreath constructed of aluminum

Austria, Empire. Two Awards & Decorations Auction silver gilt hammer and sickleMilitary Merit Medal "Signum Laudis", Bronze Grade, Franz Joseph I (in bronze gilt, measuring 30. 8 mm (w) x 51. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, triangular ribbon with hook and eye); and War Medal 1873 (in bronze, measuring 36 mm in diameter, triangular ribbon with hook and eye). Very fine and fine, respectively.