Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration of the Red Cross, Officer Cross with War Decoration, c. 1918 Province of China and an Iron Cross 1914

and an Iron Cross 1914 First Class with “Gott Mit Uns In True Fest” on the obverse

48mm(w) x 57

81103 Corporal William Ralph Brookes

the reverse marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “33” for maker Karl Hensler

mesuring 50

Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration of the Red Cross, Officer Cross with War Decoration, c. 1918 Province of China and an Iron Cross 1914(Ehrenzeichen vom Roten Kreuz). Instituted August 14th, 1914. A silver cross with silver, red, white, and green enamels, the obverse with a circular central white enamelled medallion bearing a red enamelled Greek Cross (Red Cross), surrounded by a band of red enamels inscribed with Patriae ac Humanitati (Country and Humanity) in Latin, with a War Decoration in the form of a green enamelled laurel and oak wreath superimposed onto the cross, the reverse