Austria, Empire. An Order of Elisabeth, Medal Grade, c. 1900 Hold the left one with a

the left one with a replacement brass button bearing the same insignia

Butson served in the Home Guard as a despatch rider and in a Light Rescue Squad in London during the Blitz and was a medical student during the war

The cross was awarded on September 16

along with black and white historical photographs

Austria, Empire. An Order of Elisabeth, Medal Grade, c. 1900 Hold the left one with a(Elisabeth Orden, Ordensmedaille). Instituted September 17th, 1898. (c. 1900 issue). A round medal constructed of silver, on a pierced ball and swivel loop suspension, the obverse depicting a cross with roses between the arms in the quadrants of the cross, the obverse with a rightward facing bust of Elisabeth, the reverse inscribed with the cypher of Elisabeth decorated with flowers, suspended from a period original ladys ribbon with a horizontal