Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers to Hauptmann Aurel Spitzka, c.1900 Auction Archive and is a recipient of

and is a recipient of both the American Association for State and Local History Award of Merit and a Winner of the Heritage Canada Communications Award

swirls and other designs

The knife is unmarked

four United States issued medals:

Leopold II Commemorative Medal 1865-1909 (bronze gilt

Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers to Hauptmann Aurel Spitzka, c.1900 Auction Archive and is a recipient of(Militrdienstabzeichen fr 25 Jahre). Instituted September 19th, 1849. Type III (1890 1913). III Class for Officers for 25 Years. A Military Long Service Decoration for 25 Years, a bronze gilt Cross Patte with dimpled edges, the obverse with a double headed single crowned silver eagle bearing the Austro Hungarian crest on its chest, the reverse plain with center engraved DEM HAUPTMANN AUREL SPITZKA VON SEINEN KAMERADEN 1878 20 9 1903, on a fixed loop