Austria, Imperial. A Franz Joseph I Patriotic Navy Badge certificate_of_authenticity KVETNA 1945" (PRAGUE 5th May

KVETNA 1945" (PRAGUE 5th May 1945 = the date of the Prague Uprising) above

” the reverse shows maker mark “LAUER-NURNBERG

with both prongs on the reverse perfectly intact

The Militia List shows him as retired on May 11

weighing 6

Austria, Imperial. A Franz Joseph I Patriotic Navy Badge certificate_of_authenticity KVETNA 1945" (PRAGUE 5th MayA 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.