Austria Hungary WW1 Cap Badge for the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand & Duchess Sophie in Sarajevo 1914 by Bachmann

Austro-Hungarian Empire: WW1 Patriotic Cap 
Badge issued in commemoration of the 
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 
and his wife Sophie.
With the portraits of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie.
Inscribed "In Memoriam" (In Commemoration).
Dated 28 June 1914, signed by R. Bachmann.
The assassination of Archduke Franz 
Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-
Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, 
Duchess of Hohenberg, occurred on 28 June 
1914 in Sarajevo. They were shot and mortally 
wounded by Gavrilo Princip a member of a 
group of 6 assassins (5 Serbs and 1 Bosniak) 
coordinated by Danilo Ilic, a Bosnian Serb and 
a member of the Black Hand secret society.
Following the Assassination Austria-Hungary 
issued on 23 July 1914 the "July Ultimatum" 
to the Government of Serbia and declared 
War on 28 July 1914, initiating thus the Great 
War.

WW1 1914 1918

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Condition as on the photos

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