Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Studio Portrait of Soldier & Family Member in Bubble Frame with Possible Identification on Reverse - Paul Mankowski - 17 x 23” Headgear Gavin served as United States

Gavin served as United States Ambassador to France from 1961 to 1962

Light blue piping completes the outer edges

and unfortunately the contractor information is not currently available

It was instituted on 26 May 1942 and was commonly known as the Ostmedaille (East Medal)

It is marked BRESCIA over an 1873 date on the barrel

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Studio Portrait of Soldier & Family Member in Bubble Frame with Possible Identification on Reverse - Paul Mankowski - 17 x 23” Headgear Gavin served as United StatesOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a lovely and scarce portrait of an Austro Hungarian soldier alongside a family member, taken during the World War I era. The soldier is wearing an Austro Hungarian enlisted mans overseas cap with the FJI Cap badge, for Franz Joseph I. The frame measures 17 x 23 and is in good condition, with some of the ornate pieces on the front of the frame becoming loose. On the back of the frame are attached two copies of