Austria, Imperial. A Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers with Mother of Pearl Reverse Newly Listed on the original striped pentagonal

on the original striped pentagonal mount

which is in an overall extremely fine condition

front with DAF emblem of a mobile swastika within a fourteen-toothed cog

presenting two folding creases and fraying along edges

in modified form they were also issued to cavalry and tank crews

Austria, Imperial. A Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers with Mother of Pearl Reverse Newly Listed on the original striped pentagonalInstituted 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph. A Long Service Military Decoration, Type IV (1913 1918), III Class for Officers, bronze gilt, a cross with pebbled arms, double headed crowned eagle on the obverse, reverse features a full mother of pearl backing, worn on original ribbon, measures 32. 8 mm (w) x 36. 7 mm (h), light gilt wear, in very fine condition.