Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers to Hauptmann Aurel Spitzka, c.1900 Province of China with all of its original

with all of its original silver finish worn off from age and wear

the right side insignia tab bears dual machine-embroidered silver-grey Sig runes

518 Ethiopian combat personnel served with the first three battalions during the war

mounted to an eight-pointed star base in bronze gilt

1885 and carries a facsimile signature of Emperor Franz Joseph I

Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers to Hauptmann Aurel Spitzka, c.1900 Province of China with all of its original(Militrdienstabzeichen fr 25 Jahre). Instituted September 19th, 1849. Type III (1890 1913). III Class for Officers for 25 Years. A Military Long Service Decoration for 25 Years, a bronze gilt Cross Patte with dimpled edges, the obverse with a double headed single crowned silver eagle bearing the Austro Hungarian crest on its chest, the reverse plain with center engraved DEM HAUPTMANN AUREL SPITZKA VON SEINEN KAMERADEN 1878 20 9 1903, on a fixed loop