Austria, Second Republic. An Order of Leopold, II. Class Commander with War Decoration, Exhibition Example, by Rothe & Neffe, c. 1980 Archive "Au Merite" Merit Medal

"Au Merite" Merit Medal

John Ambulance Brigade Group of Eight

Butson was awarded the Albert Medal in Gold for Saving Life on Land

The award document consists of a large page of heavy-weight paper

the obverse bearing leftward-facing profiles of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Emperor Franz Joseph

Austria, Second Republic. An Order of Leopold, II. Class Commander with War Decoration, Exhibition Example, by Rothe & Neffe, c. 1980 Archive "Au Merite" Merit Medal(Kaiserlich sterreichischer Leopold Orden). Instituted January 7th, 1808. (c. 1980 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a red and white enamelled cross, the obverse medallion presenting the inscription FIA surrounded by a white ring inscribed Integritati et Merito, the reverse medallion featuring a white field inscribed opes Regum Cora Subdito Rum with the inscription surrounded by a gilded oak wreath, the cross suspended from a large