Austria, Empire. An Order of Elisabeth, Medal Grade, c. 1900 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Prisoner of War Medal 1940-1945

Prisoner of War Medal 1940-1945

topped by an inscription of “KUBAN” and a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika and flanked by a date of “1943”

Post 1945 Manufactured Copies

measuring 417 mm in width x 325 mm in height

when it was absorbed into the Gioventù Italiana del Littorio (GIL)

Austria, Empire. An Order of Elisabeth, Medal Grade, c. 1900 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Prisoner of War Medal 1940-1945(Elisabeth Orden, Ordensmedaille). Instituted September 17th, 1898. (c. 1900 issue). A round medal constructed of silver, on a pierced ball and swivel loop suspension, the obverse depicting a cross with roses between the arms in the quadrants of the cross, the obverse with a rightward facing bust of Elisabeth, the reverse inscribed with the cypher of Elisabeth decorated with flowers, suspended from a period original ladys ribbon with a horizontal