1922 marked the completion of the wartime shipbuilding program of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the Shipping Board
Of Austrian manufacture
and Dalton Navigational Computer
but this untouched and unit-attributed example remains in a very fine condition
the son of Reverend B
Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, II Class for Officers for 40 Years, c.1900 Province of China 1922 marked the completion of(Militrdienstzeichen II Klasse fr Offiziere fr 40 Jahre). Instituted September 19, 1849. Type III (1890 1913). In bronze gilt, a cross pattee with partially black enamelled arms, with superimposed gilt eagle in the center, the reverse is plain with a lightly etched border around the cross, unmarked, measures 28. 6 mm (w) x 32. 3 mm (h), worn on original trifold ribbon, enamels intact, light gilt wear, extremely fine. Contained in a red pebbled case