Germany, Imperial. A First World War Italian Front Propaganda Medallion, By Wilhelm Eberbach Newly Listed Order of the Crown (silver

Order of the Crown (silver and enamels

Accompanied by its Packet of Issue

numbered “73” and stamped by Reichspartei stamp

GMUNDEN A/ TRAUNSEE”

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Italian Front Propaganda Medallion, By Wilhelm Eberbach Newly Listed Order of the Crown (silver(Medaille). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, the obverse bearing a raised personification of death in the form of a skeleton affixed to a pair of skis and wielding a rifle mounted to a bipod (in reference to the mountain combat characteristic of the Italian Front), the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEM HERZOG VON AOSTRA (TO THE DUKE OF AOSTA, in reference to Prince Emanuele Filiberto, commander of the Italian Third Army), situated