Austria, Imperial. A War Cross For Civil Merit, III Class Cross Newly Listed brown and olive green embroidery

brown and olive green embroidery

(September 8

George V (silver gilt

the supporting blackened canvas liner with underlying cotton linen support and leather backer

then struck off strength of the Overseas Military Forces of Canada on May 25th

Austria, Imperial. A War Cross For Civil Merit, III Class Cross Newly Listed brown and olive green embroidery(Kreigskreuz fr Zivilverdienste). Instituted in 1915. In silver, a white enamelled cross with a wreath over the 12 and 6 oclock arms, the obverse medallion features the initials FJI surrounded by the inscription MERITO CIVILI TEMPORE BELLI MCMXV, reverse with a single vertical pin assembly, marked on pin with CM makers mark, A (denoting Vienna manufacture), and a Dianas Head 2 A mark on the base (denoting . 900 silver fineness and Vienna from 1872