Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers to Hauptmann Aurel Spitzka, c.1900 Auction Archive (Oldenburg Pickelhaube M1895 für Mannschaften)

(Oldenburg Pickelhaube M1895 für Mannschaften)

5" on the reverse

The knife is unmarked

and is a recipient of both the American Association for State and Local History Award of Merit and a Winner of the Heritage Canada Communications Award

swirls and other designs

Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers to Hauptmann Aurel Spitzka, c.1900 Auction Archive (Oldenburg Pickelhaube M1895 für Mannschaften)(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