Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration Of The Red Cross, Second Class Cross, C.1917 Auction less than two weeks after

less than two weeks after re-joining his unit

mounted to a white leather suspension with tab closure

62mm(w) x 80mm(h)

measuring 50 mm (w) x 80

on a replacement ribbon with red felt backer and pinback

Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration Of The Red Cross, Second Class Cross, C.1917 Auction less than two weeks after(Ehrenzeichen vom Roten Kreuz, II. Klasse). Issued 1914 1918). Consisting of a silver cross with white and red enameled arms; the obverse consisting of a central white enameled medallion with a red enameled red cross, surrounded by a ring of red enamels, inscribed Patriae Ac Humanitati (Latin For Country and Humanity) in silver gilt capital lettering; the reverse enameled in the same style, with a central white enameled medallion dated 1864 1914); on