Austria, Empire. A Military Long Service Decoration, Ii Class, Officer For Forty Years' Service, GTRexclude naming 12 German Wehrmacht personnel

naming 12 German Wehrmacht personnel whose unit information indicates that the awards were issued for anti-Partisan operations in the Balkan

on a loop for suspension from its period original ladies ribbon

inscribed "ZWOLLE" below

175 mm x 237 mm

The U-Boat could easily have ripped its way through the destroyer's thin side plates and de Chair was acting to save his ship

Austria, Empire. A Military Long Service Decoration, Ii Class, Officer For Forty Years' Service, GTRexclude naming 12 German Wehrmacht personnelType III (1890 1911) In bronze gilt with black enamels, measuring 33. 5 mm (w) x 62 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, fine chipping evident in the black enamels on all four arms, original triangular ribbon with hook and eye, better than very fine.