It is also awarded for outstanding merit in combat
securing in place a period original black leather frog with belt loop
the reverse with a central monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm I circumscribed by an inscription of “PREUSSENS SIEGREICHEN HEERE” (“PRUSSIA’S VICTORIOUS ARMY”)
the other is maker marked "BIRKS" on the edge
a ribbon bar featuring a Wehrmacht Long Service Medal and Anschluss Medal
Austria, Imperial. An Honour Decoration of the Red Cross, Officer’s Cross, with War Decoration, c. 1914 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac It is also awarded for(Ehrenzeichen vom Roten Kreuz). Instituted August 14th, 1914. (c. 1914 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Latin Cross with red and white enameled arms, with a round central white enameled medallion bearing a red enameled Greek Cross, surrounded by a red enameled ring inscribed with Patriae ac Humanitati (Country and Humanity) in capital letters, with a green enameled laurel and oak wreath with red enameled berries superimposed on the