Austria, Imperial. A War Cross for Civil Merit, II Class in Case visually-hidden where the regimental marker once

where the regimental marker once resided but has been lost to time

opening with a lid featuring an integrated hinge at one end and a loop at the other end meeting a rotating wooden lock

and Breast Star: Silver gilt and enamelled badge on silver star

with pencil signature of General der Flieger

measuring 110 mm (w) x 115 mm (h)

Austria, Imperial. A War Cross for Civil Merit, II Class in Case visually-hidden where the regimental marker once(Kreigskreuz fr Zivilverdienste). Instituted August 16, 1915. In silver gilt, a white enamelled cross featuring a wreath sitting on the 12 and 6 oclock arms (under the 3 and 9 oclock arms, the central medallion bears the letters FJI, the reverse offers a vertical pin, 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 1922), measures 45. 2 mm