Austria, Empire. An Honour Medal for 25 Years of Home Guard Meritorious Service, c. 1910 Hold with an expected return date

with an expected return date of October 30th

As Temporary Captain

bordered along both edges with red rayon tresses overlaid by machine-embroidered golden-yellow oak leaves

consisting of a Cross Pattée  with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame

Austria, Empire. An Honour Medal for 25 Years of Home Guard Meritorious Service, c. 1910 Hold with an expected return date(Ehrenzeichen fr die 25 Jhrige verdienstliche Mitgliedschaft bei einer landsturmpflichtigen Krperschaft). Instituted November 26th, 1908. A circular gilded silver medal, the obverse depicting the Crowned Royal Cypher of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed Constantiae et Patriae Amori in capitalized Latin, the reverse bearing a double headed Austrian Eagle with laurels at the base and topped by the inscription Quinque Lustra in matching capitalized Latin, on