Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, II Class for Officers for 40 Years, c.1900 GTRexclude reverse centre with motto PRAVDA

reverse centre with motto PRAVDA VÍTĚZÍ (Truth Prevails)

gilded zinc

monogram of King Vittorio Emanuelle III and framed within a perimeter rule in gold-coloured ink on the lid

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Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, II Class for Officers for 40 Years, c.1900 GTRexclude reverse centre with motto PRAVDA(Militrdienstabzeichen fr 25 Jahre). Instituted September 19th, 1849. Type III. (1890 1913). II Class for Officers for 40 Years. A Military Long Service Decoration for 40 Years, a bronze gilt Cross Patte with dimpled edges with a black enamelled border along each arm, the obverse with a double headed single crowned silver eagle bearing the Austro Hungarian crest on its chest, the reverse plain with details along the arm borders, on a fixed loop and