Austria, First Republic. Two Fourty-Year Long Service Medals Auction with original (tattered) period ribbon

with original (tattered) period ribbon

unique black and red painted pattern on the exterior

then returned to Montreal in the Fall

and there was immediate danger of their eruption into the Hungarian plains

A 1939 Iron Cross 1st Class

Austria, First Republic. Two Fourty-Year Long Service Medals Auction with original (tattered) period ribbonA grouping of two Austrian First Republic forty year long service medals, consisting of 1) A Federal State Austria 40 Year long service medal; c. 1934 1938; in bronze; on loop for suspension; measuring 40. 12 mm in diameter; weighing 26. 3 grams. 2) A Republic of Austria 40 Year Long service medal; c. 1927 1934; in bronze; on loop for suspension; measuring 40. 12 mm in diameter; weighing 26. 7 grams; in overall better than very fine condition. This