Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, II Class for Officers for 40 Years, c.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and a round wire catch

and a round wire catch (the catch is bent

both of which are mounted to a base in bronze gilt with red enamels

Rolled copper wire

scattered wear evident in the black enamels

Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, II Class for Officers for 40 Years, c.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and a round wire catch(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