Austria, Empire. A Lot of Three Medals, Awards, & Decorations, c. 1918 certificate_of_authenticity crazing in the white enamels

crazing in the white enamels on four of the five arms

depicting swastikas and the German Iron Cross

while an old friend who wrote McCaw's obituary credited him with "a mind so quick and penetrating

Order of Public Instruction (Ordem de Instrução Pública): in silver gilt

Austria, Empire. A Lot of Three Medals, Awards, & Decorations, c. 1918 certificate_of_authenticity crazing in the white enamelsA lot of three Imperial Austrian medals, awards, and decorations, consisting of: 1. A Military Merit Medal Signum Laudis. (Militrverdienstmedaille Signum Laudis). Instituted March 12th, 1890, Small Silver Medal Karl I type. A circular silver medal, the obverse depicting the rightward facing profile of Karl I, circumscribed by his name and title in Latin, the reverse inscribed Signum Laudis centrally within a laurel and oak wreath, suspended from an