Description
bronze and enamels
a retirement home and nursing home for former members of the British Army located in Chelsea
from January 1916 to February 1917
for treatment of a "left varicocele" (an abnormal enlargement of the pampiniform venous plexus in the scrotum)
indicative of an enlisted man or NCO
Austria, Imperial. A Commemorative Court Officials Medal, Silver Medal For Military Personnel, C.1898 Auction bronze and enamels(Jbileums Hofmedaille 1898). Instituted on 21 October 1898. A 1898 Military Personnel Silver Commemorative Court Officials Medal, an oval silver medal, the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Kaiser Franz Josef, the reverse presents the inscription FRANCISCVS JOSEPHVS I QVINQVAGENARII REGNI DIEM FESTVM CELEBRANS 11 DECEMBRIS MDCCCXVIII, measuring 31. 09 mm (w) x 43. 91 mm (h), on loop for suspension from its trifold ribbon, with a silver