Belgian Colonial Service Star Archive of very fine quality Austrian

of very fine quality Austrian manufacture (ring stamped AA along with maker mark "JS")

at the rank of Captain

reverse inscribed with heading "8TH NOTTS RIFLES" with list of competitors below "SURGN

Johann Mickl commanded the division for just over another year until he was severely wounded in the head during the difficult fighting in the Vratnik Pass near Senj on the 9th of April 1945

all on bluish-gray wool

Belgian Colonial Service Star Archive of very fine quality AustrianBelgian Colonial Service Star Silver Star, Type I. Silver, 40. 2 mm x 40. 5 mm, four silver service bars on the original ribbon, dark patina, light contact, near extremely fine.