Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers, c.1910 Auction Archive Gray was a Gentleman Cadet

Gray was a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College when he received his commission

reverse inscribed "THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND TO HER SONS WHO ON LAND AND SEA DEFENDED THE NATION'S HONOUR IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN 1898"

in turn overlaid by a machine-embroidered black Albanian national eagle

with issue number “23/106

4th Service Command (in white and blue embroidery)

Austria, Imperial. A Military Long Service Decoration, III Class for Officers, c.1910 Auction Archive Gray was a Gentleman Cadet(Militrdienstabzeichen fr 25 Jahre). Instituted September 19th, 1849. Type III (1890 1913). III Class for Officers for 25 Years. A Military Long Service Decoration for 25 Years, a bronze gilt Cross Patte with dimpled edges, the obverse with a double headed single crowned silver eagle bearing the Austro Hungarian crest on its chest, the reverse plain with center engraved OFFIZIERSKORPS K. u. K. INFT. RGT No 50, on a fixed loop and double swivel rings