Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Medal, Silver Grade with Swords and Case, by Rothe Archive bronze with red and white

bronze with red and white enamels

the letters are accompanied by a permit granted by SS officers for Zilka to wear a rifleman badge inside the concentration camp

Looped through the second button is a ribbon for a War Merit Cross II Class

with a like number of wounded

Securitata Order

Austria, Imperial. A Military Merit Medal, Silver Grade with Swords and Case, by Rothe Archive bronze with red and white(Militr Verdienstmedaille in Silber mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silver, the obverse of the medal bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Emperor Franz Joseph, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of SIGNUM LAUDIS (SIGN OF PRAISE), unmarked, measuring 25. 6 mm (w) x 45. 3 mm (h), weighing 26. 8 grams (inclusive of ribbon and clasp), on loop from a crown suspension with its period