As a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army he saw action in Russia
accepting the appointment and executed the oath of office on December 31st
He received a Long Service Award for 8 years in the army on October 2nd
1917 with a case of "Neuritis" (inflammation of a peripheral nerve or nerves
marked "SILVER" on the edge
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat War Badge, By Friedrich Orth Archive As a soldier in the(U Boot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central U Boat on a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 48. 76 mm (w) x