Austria, Empire, Republic. Two First Class Military Long Service Decorations consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a three-place ribbon bar with

a three-place ribbon bar with 1939 Iron Cross

marked "ACID TEST" on the reverse

The inside is lined in brownish-green nylon

and later influenced the development and adoption of Führerprinzip by Adolf Hitler

measuring 60 mm (w) x 105 mm (l) x 18 mm (h)

Austria, Empire, Republic. Two First Class Military Long Service Decorations consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a three-place ribbon bar with(Militrverdienstzeichen fr Unteroffiziere und Mannschaften). Instituted in 1849. 1. Empire: Military Long Service Decoration, I Class to NCOs and Men for Twenty Years' Service, Type V (1913 1918) (two piece construction, silvered bronze insignia inscribed "XX" in Roman numerals (20) within a wreath, the insignia mounted to a bronze gilt cross base, measuring 36. 5 mm (w) x 39. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension, original triangular ribbon