Austria, Imperial. Two Imperial Long Service Medals Auction Archive featuring a 127 mm silvered

featuring a 127 mm silvered steel blade

Melilla on the north African coast had been Spanish since 1497 and Ceuta since 1668 but it was not until the early 20th Century that the Spanish began to expand into the interior

The reverse features an eagle with broken shackles and a shield displaying a rounded swastika

on magnetic plate

for summer tunic

Austria, Imperial. Two Imperial Long Service Medals Auction Archive featuring a 127 mm silveredA grouping of two Imperial Austrian long service medals, consisting of 1) An Austrian Bronze Honour Medal for 40 Year Long Service; in bronze; the obverse depicting a rightward facing bust of Kaiser Franz Joseph, circumscribed by his name and title and an oak wreath along the edge of the medal; the reverse inscribed XXXX Perfacty Signumiaboris Fideliter; on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon featuring a golden bullion star; measuring