Austria, Imperial. A War Cross For Civil Merit, III Class Cross Archive 47 mm (w) x 30

47 mm (w) x 30

3rd Class by Gebrüder Hemmerle - with Swords  in silver gilt and enamels

ladies welcoming the boys to Glasgow)

including some oxidation and running marks to the blade

Gowan of B Company

Austria, Imperial. A War Cross For Civil Merit, III Class Cross Archive 47 mm (w) x 30(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