Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers to Hauptmann Aurel Spitzka, c.1900 Province of China 1885 and carries a facsimile

1885 and carries a facsimile signature of Emperor Franz Joseph I

The congenital Amblyopia in the right eye was re-visited

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

and Medal for Humane Action (bronze

with all of its original silver finish worn off from age and wear

Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers to Hauptmann Aurel Spitzka, c.1900 Province of China 1885 and carries a facsimile(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