Austria, Imperial. A Cross Of Merit, Iv Class, With Case, By F. Braun Auction Footnote: The Mother Heroine Medal

Footnote: The Mother Heroine Medal is the sixth of ten honourary titles in the award system of the People's Republic of Bulgaria

It was the first ship commissioned in honor of Iowa and was America's first seagoing battleship

remaining there until being discharged on the 9th

Peter's Basilica in the background at the right

the navy blue representative of the 2nd Canadian Division

Austria, Imperial. A Cross Of Merit, Iv Class, With Case, By F. Braun Auction Footnote: The Mother Heroine Medal(Verdienstkreuz IV. Klasse mit Etui). Issued 1914 1918. Third Period. Constructed of silver, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with red enameled arms, the obverse with a central silver medallion inscribed FJ (Franz Josef), circumscribed by an inscription of VIRIBUS UNITIS (WITH UNITED FORCES), the reverse with an analogous medallion bearing a date of 1849, on a loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, the loop with a makers mark of F.