Austria-Hungary, Empire. A War Cross For Civil Merit, Iv Class GTRexclude stained white enamels

stained white enamels

Case is rare

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period cherry red fabric swatch on the reverse highlighting the voided areas

in blackened steel buckle with camel leather tab marked H

Austria-Hungary, Empire. A War Cross For Civil Merit, Iv Class GTRexclude stained white enamels(Kriegskreuz fr Zivilverdienste IV. Klasse). Instituted 16 August 1915. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse joined through the quadrants by an oval oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a central medallion bearing the monogram of Emperor Franz Joseph, circumscribed by an inscription of MERITO CIVIL TEMPORE BELLO MCMXV (CIVIL MERIT IN A TIME OF WAR 1915), the reverse with two visible rivets securing the