A 1914 Star To Able Seaman W.h. Anderson; Rnvr Drake Battalion; Royal Naval Division Auction Archive Austria: Military Merit Medal with

Austria: Military Merit Medal with silver wreath

along with a large hole behind the cap badge and the exposed cork support strip at the front

inscribed "RO" (English = Radio Operator) above "M" (Afrikaans: Marconis)

Footnote: The Year of the Three Emperors

1918 as a Boy Seaman 1st Class

A 1914 Star To Able Seaman W.h. Anderson; Rnvr Drake Battalion; Royal Naval Division Auction Archive Austria: Military Merit Medal with1 Clasp 5th AUG. 22nd NOV. 1914 (L. 9 3198. W. H. ANDERSON, A. B. R. N. V. R. DRAKE BTTN. R. N. D.). Naming is officially impressed. Court mounted with a cardboard backer, replacement ribbon, plated, clasp is also plated and glued in place to the ribbon, light contact, very fine.