Austria, Imperial. A Rare Feldmarschall Archduke Albrecht Badge, 1899 Auction McDiarmid signed his Attestation Paper

McDiarmid signed his Attestation Paper with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps as a Private (A-34921)

The iron cross is constructed of a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border

and a button

With Foreman Salt he helped rescue an injured man

"FÜR TAPFERKEIT" reverse

Austria, Imperial. A Rare Feldmarschall Archduke Albrecht Badge, 1899 Auction McDiarmid signed his Attestation PaperA beautiful and very rare badge in silver, presenting a delicately etched laurel wreath with upward facing leaves, an archducal crown at 12 oclock and a stylised ribbon at 6 oclock, two crossed field marshals batons in the center of the badge, overlaid with an a decoration featuring ornate raised interior details on a finely hatched background, the reverse presents a diagonal wartime replacement pin, with hollow crown, marked on the reverse of the a