Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph I Medal & A War Welfare Office War Medal Buy Now This particular buckle is illustrated

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 184 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

The glass face has been lost and age-appropriate tarnishing is evident throughout

Falange Belt (buckle in silvered die-stamped metal on the right end of the belt

with a raised deep red velvet platform with a recessed medal bed

with mark denoting 925 silver

Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph I Medal & A War Welfare Office War Medal Buy Now This particular buckle is illustratedCommemorative Medal for the 25th Anniversary of the reign of Franz Joseph I, 1848 1916, in bronze, measuring at 54. 1mm in diameter and weighing at 73. 8 grams; and 1914 1916 Austrian War Welfare Office War Medal Bronze gilt, fabricated from captured weapons materials, obverse illustrating the right facing bust of Franz Joseph, inscribed "FRANC. IOS. I." to the left and engraver marked "R. NEUBERGER" (Rudolf Neuberger) to the right, reverse