Austria, Empire. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class For Civil Merit, By Rothe, C.1915 Archive No trouble in it until

No trouble in it until Nov

maker marked "BIRKS" and marked "STERLING" on the inside back cover upper lip

black velvetine medal bed

A fine miniature in silver gilt with white enamels

after his father's death in 1914

Austria, Empire. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class For Civil Merit, By Rothe, C.1915 Archive No trouble in it until(Kriegskreuz fr Zivilverdienste II Klasse). Instituted on August 16, 1915 by Kaiser Franz Joseph. (Issued 1915 1918). A silver gilt cross with white enameled arms, the obverse with a center white enameled medallion, with FJI in silver gilt lettering, circumscribed by Merito Civili Tempore Belli MCMXV (Latin At the merit of the Civil War), with an oak wreath on the cross; the reverse vertical pin and two horizontally oriented rivets, maker marked FR