Austria, Empire. A Military Long Service Decoration, First Class (Officers) for 50 Years Newly Listed Catherine and William Booth

Catherine and William Booth

circumscribed “Landesbauernschaft Rheinland Hauptabteilung” in capital letters

a Berlin German Confectioners’ Day badge

1899 in Berlin

sold with complete file of service papers and records

Austria, Empire. A Military Long Service Decoration, First Class (Officers) for 50 Years Newly Listed Catherine and William Booth(Militrdienstzeichen). Instituted September 19th, 1849. III Issue (1890 1911). A Military Long Service Decoration, I. Class for Officers for 50 Years, on a fixed loop and double swivel rings for suspension from a late period original tri fold ribbon, a bronze Cross Patte with black enameled outside edges, the obverse with a double headed single crowned gilded eagle bearing the Austro Hungarian crest on its chest, unmarked, measuring 35. 7 mm (w) x 35.