Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers to Hauptmann Aurel Spitzka, c.1900 Hold or in any higher rank

or in any higher rank to which you may be promoted

along with contact marks overall

He embarked for the French theatre on March 15th

Michelsen case

Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers to Hauptmann Aurel Spitzka, c.1900 Hold or in any higher rank(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