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 highlight on the rim exposing

highlight on the rim exposing "EDMUND"

marked "NISHANI YA UTUMISHI MREFU TANZANIA" on the lid

surface wear on the obverse of the IGSM

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

A War Merit Cross 1st Class by Klein & Quenzer - In silvered tombac

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 highlight on the rim exposing(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