Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers to Hauptmann Aurel Spitzka, c.1900 Province of China 518 Ethiopian combat personnel served

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

November 1964 to February 1965

Iron Cross First Class 1939 - Magnetic core

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

mounted to an eight-pointed star base in bronze gilt

Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers to Hauptmann Aurel Spitzka, c.1900 Province of China 518 Ethiopian combat personnel served(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