Two Austrian Medals certificate_of_authenticity 2nd Class by Eduard -

2nd Class by Eduard - Late 1916/early 1917 period issue in bronze gilt and enamels

along with the "star" mark

and displacing 2

with no more then few hundred men qualifying for this award

Two Austrian Medals certificate_of_authenticity 2nd Class by Eduard -Two Austrian Medals Jubilee Cross 1908, on Military on original PLASTIC ribbon; Long Service Cross for XII Years, bronze, on original PLASTIC ribbon. Very good fine condition. Plastic ribbons were not officially issued. Plastic ribbons for few awards only were manufactured and sold in Vienna in early 1900? s by a private firm, thus available as "private purchase". Though considered "modern" at the time plastic ribbons did not achieve wide popularity