A medal suspended on a green triangular ribbon with red stripes, bleeds. The medal reads 'Laeso Militibi' (or 'Militiri') MDCCCCXVIII (1918). Beneath the medal is written 'M?gegy', Another, or One More.
The image is based on the Austro-Hungarian wound medal which was instituted under Kaiser Karl whose profile is on the obverse. The red stripes indicate the number of wounds, three in this case. The actual medal reads 'Laeso Militi', To the Wounded Soldier (Latin), and shows the year as MCMXVIII.
The card was sent to Franz Moritos, and is postmarked Budapest, Hungary, November 16, 1918.

A medal suspended on a green triangular ribbon with red stripes, bleeds. The medal reads 'Laeso Militibi' (or 'Militiri') MDCCCCXVIII (1918). Beneath the medal is written 'M?gegy', Another, or One More.

The image is based on the Austro-Hungarian wound medal which was instituted under Kaiser Karl whose profile is on the obverse. The red stripes indicate the number of wounds, three in this case. The actual medal reads 'Laeso Militi', To the Wounded Soldier (Latin), and shows the year as MCMXVIII.

The card was sent to Franz Moritos, and is postmarked Budapest, Hungary, November 16, 1918.

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Wednesday, July 15, 1914

"The most important question for us is, what, if any, are the intentions of the Austro-Hungarian Government as regards the Serajevo outrage. Until now I have been unable to find this out, and my other colleagues are in a similar position. The word has now been passed round here not to tell anybody anything.

. . . In the Hungarian Parliament Count Tisza has replied to the interpellations of the opposition concerning the Serajevo incident; you are acquainted with his statements. His speech was not clear, and I believe it was intentionally obscure. . . . (The Bourse has now recovered; both the War Minister and the Chief of Staff have gone on leave.) I am loath to express an opinion. In the above-mentioned speech it is to be noted that the possibility of war is not excluded, in the event of the demands of Austria-Hungary in regard to the Serajevo outrage not being complied with."

Quotation Context

Yov. M. Yovanovitch, Serbian Minister at Vienna, reporting to N. Pashitch, Serbian Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vienna, July 2/15 (New Style), 1914.

Austria-Hungary had decided for war against Serbia on July 14, and tried to create the impression that no such thing had occurred. Political and military leaders left the capital for vacation.

Hungarian Premier Tisza had been the last holdout against war. Having joined in the decision, he spoke to the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest, saying that, 'every state, every nation, must be in a position to carry on war as an ultima ratio, if it is to continue as a state and as a nation.'

Source

Collected Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War, page 381, publisher: His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, publication date: 1915

Tags

Budapest, 1914-07-15, Tisza, Pashitch