Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration Of The Red Cross, Officer Cross, By G.a. Schied, C.1910 Auction broad vertical pinback with a

broad vertical pinback with a functional hinge/catch assembly

maker marked “Werstein

never seeing action there

26 "Horst Wessel"

catch has been replaced (War time)

Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration Of The Red Cross, Officer Cross, By G.a. Schied, C.1910 Auction broad vertical pinback with a(Ehrenzeichen vom Roten Kreuz, Offizierkreuz). 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 dated 1864 1914 with two pins for uniform attachment; marked G. A. S for G. A. Schied,