Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers to Hauptmann Aurel Spitzka, c.1900 Province of China inscribed "AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT

inscribed "AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA FOR LONG AND EFFICIENT SERVICE" and engraved "W

marked "LEGION OF MERIT" above "LEGIONNAIRE" on the lid

Silver gilt with red and white enamelled insignia

1885 and carries a facsimile signature of Emperor Franz Joseph I

November 1964 to February 1965

Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers to Hauptmann Aurel Spitzka, c.1900 Province of China inscribed "AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT(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