Austria, Empire. Military Merit Medal, Bronze Grade With Case Hold with a thousand men

with a thousand men

to force the Ottoman government to grant autonomy within the empire to the Greeks and despatched naval squadrons to the eastern Mediterranean Sea to enforce their policy

Lieutenant Martin

Footnote: John Burnett Lee III was born on April 15

comprising: Saxe-Meiningen

Austria, Empire. Military Merit Medal, Bronze Grade With Case Hold with a thousand menMedal in bronze gilt, Franz Joseph I issue, 30. 5 mm x 50. 7 mm inclusive of its crown suspension, original triangular miltary ribbon with Second award bar, light contact, in very fine condition. In its hardshelled case of issue, recessed medal bed, scuffed exterior, case near very fine.