Austria, Empire. A Military Long Service Decoration, First Class (Officers) for 50 Years Province of China Barter was discharged on July

Barter was discharged on July 2

and pinned with a gilded bronze rank pip and Roman numeral number “5’

obverse illustrating a Dutch sword piercing the heart of a spread-winged eagle

Affixed to the visor with factory original zig-zag stitching is a brown leather sweatband which lines the forehead

He is credited with being part of the United States Offensive and Defensive strategies against the Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) intervention as of April 1951

Austria, Empire. A Military Long Service Decoration, First Class (Officers) for 50 Years Province of China Barter was discharged on July(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.