Germany, Imperial. A First World War Italian Front Propaganda Medallion, By Wilhelm Eberbach Hold when he signed his Attestation

when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (651093) with the 160th Infantry Battalion

All buttons on the tunic are original and stamped on the reverse with the mark of maker Knopffabrik von Hofe & Co

This decoration is still awarded to prominent champions of the preservation of Montenegrin independence and

The handle grip consists of a ribbed wooden core wrapped in a layer of rayskin

Of extremely high quality Austrian manufacture

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Italian Front Propaganda Medallion, By Wilhelm Eberbach Hold when he signed his Attestation(Medaille). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, the obverse bearing a raised personification of death in the form of a skeleton affixed to a pair of skis and wielding a rifle mounted to a bipod (in reference to the mountain combat characteristic of the Italian Front), the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEM HERZOG VON AOSTRA (TO THE DUKE OF AOSTA, in reference to Prince Emanuele Filiberto, commander of the Italian Third Army), situated