Austria, Empire. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class For Civil Merit, By Rothe, C.1915 Newly Listed A silver latin cross

A silver latin cross

granting Ware the sum of twenty-four dollars per month in pension

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902

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Austria, Empire. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class For Civil Merit, By Rothe, C.1915 Newly Listed A silver latin cross(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