Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, I Class for Officers, c.1880 certificate_of_authenticity Nicholas Mole with dispatches

Nicholas Mole with dispatches

measuring 50 mm (w) x 88

It completes with a rounded pommel that maintains the dagger’s structural integrity

each of the buttons in brass and similarly marked as those previously mentioned

Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, I Class for Officers, c.1880 certificate_of_authenticity Nicholas Mole with dispatches(Militrdienstabzeichen fr 25 Jahre). Instituted September 19th, 1849. Type II (1867 1890). I Class for Officers for 25 Years. A Military Long Service Decoration for 25 Years, a bronze 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 OFFIZIERSKORPS DES INFTR. RGTS. NO. 18, on a fixed loop and double swivel rings for