Austria, Imperial. A 25-Year Long Service Medal For The Home Guard GTRexclude He was taken on strength

He was taken on strength of 3 PRC on September 2nd

being canonised 24 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII as Patroness of Impossible Causes

Knott 2d Bn Oxf Lt Infy) Naming is in official British Army engraved script lettering

more accurately: for the groups “Fahrt und Lager” (journey and camp) and “Zielübungen” (aiming exercise)

with Luftwaffe tan waffle patterned NCO’s tress superimposed

Austria, Imperial. A 25-Year Long Service Medal For The Home Guard GTRexclude He was taken on strength(Ehrenzeichen fr vieljhrige verdienstliche Mitgliedschaft bei einer landsturmpflichtigen Krperschaft). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon with hook and loop, the obverse with central monogram of Franz Joseph I, flanked by laurel leaf branches, circumscribed by inscription of CONSTANTIAE ET PATRIAE AMORI (FOR CONSTANT LOVE OF COUNTRY), the reverse with a Habsburg style imperial eagle clutching an orb