It features a 250 mm-long polished magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and semi-sharpened lower edge
with an attempt made to scratch out the existing rank of Private on the Star
Austrian silver marked "A" and "A" and maker marked "RO" on the pin
It was fought by the Russian First and Second Armies against the German Eighth Army between August 26 and 30 August 1914
Footnote: Aubrey Cyrill Clifford Metcalfe was born in Engalnd on September 3
Italy, Kingdom, Republic. A Lot Of Ten Miniature Awards certificate_of_authenticity It features a 250 mm-longIncludes: seven Kingdom awards: 1. War Merit Cross: in bronze, measuring 15. 2 mm (w) x 18. 8 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, original ribbon. 2. Italian Austrian War Medal 1915 1918: in bronze, measuring 17 mm in diameter, original ribbon. 3. Fascist Campaign Merit Medal, III Class: in bronze, measuring 17. 7 mm in diameter, original ribbon. 4. Medal for the Guard of Honour at the Tomb of Kings Vittorio Emanuele II and