Austria. A Military Long Service Decoration, 2Nd Class, Officer For Forty Years' Service Auction Footnote: The Defence Force Commendation

Footnote: The Defence Force Commendation Medal was instituted by the State President of the Republic of Bophuthatswana in 1982

1) The badge in bronze

The document was signed by a Company Leader of the 202 Panzer Battalion

(provenance: Morton & Eden

It is manufactured out of hand embroidered silver/aluminum bullion wire in the shape of a Gothic “A” on a black wool backer

Austria. A Military Long Service Decoration, 2Nd Class, Officer For Forty Years' Service Auction Footnote: The Defence Force CommendationAustria. A Military Long Service Decoration, 2nd Class, Officer for Forty Years' Service; c. 1917 In bronze gilt with black enamels, measuring 36. 2 mm, intact enamels, scattered gilt wear, extremely fine.