A ‘Starhemberg Vogel’ Heimwehr Medal With “July” Clasp Archive King's Royal Rifle Corps and

King's Royal Rifle Corps and died of his wounds near Neuville-Beaurain on October 25

He was a veteran of the Boer War in South Africa

he was also a commander of the famous 42nd Home Guard Infantry Division (also known as theDevil's Division)

The features are quite typical of WWII including the sewn ling and the hand applied black leather backing to the eyelets

with headquarters in St

A ‘Starhemberg Vogel’ Heimwehr Medal With “July” Clasp Archive King's Royal Rifle Corps andA Starhemberg Vogel Heimwehr Medal With July Clasp (Heimwehr Ehrenzeichen (sogen. Starhembergvogel) mit der Julispange), 1934; oval medal in shape of an eagle, die struck in silvered bronze31mm x 50mm, with silvered clasp attached to ribbon. Footnote: the medal was awarded to members of the Heimwehr Austrian Home Defence Force (Heimwehr), a mostly right wing nationalist force, who participated in the suppression of the Communist uprising in Vienna in