Austria, Republic. An Honour Badge For Merit Of The Republic Of Austria, V Class, C.1955 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Nine days after arriving in

Nine days after arriving in Halifax

The War Merit Cross certificate is dated to division command post on July 15

the son of Elisha Broad and Janet Rankine Broad

With the Fisrt World War hostilities heating up in Europe

the exterior with a central shield bearing a raised field gun

Austria, Republic. An Honour Badge For Merit Of The Republic Of Austria, V Class, C.1955 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Nine days after arriving in(Ehrenzeichen fr Verdienste um die Republik sterreich). Instituted in 1952. Badge: cross shaped base in silver with red and white enamels, arms insignia suspension in silver with red, white, blue and black enamels, measuring 50 mm (w) x 72 mm (h) inclusive of its arms suspension, full length neck ribbon; and Breast Star: arms insignia in silver with red, white, blue and black enamels, mounted to an eight pointed silver star base, each star point with