Austria-Hungary, Empire. A War Cross For Civil Merit, Iv Class Newly Listed A very scarce and desirable

A very scarce and desirable badge in great condition

Saunders at Macleod recommending on September 11

A pair of DJ/HJ uniform buttons

reverse inscribed "PRESENTED BY THE BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN TO ITS MEMBERS WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY FOR THE SAKE OF DEMOCRACY AND UP-LIFTING HUMANITY" and maker marked "W

Austria-Hungary, Empire. A War Cross For Civil Merit, Iv Class Newly Listed A very scarce and desirable(Kriegskreuz fr Zivilverdienste IV. Klasse). Instituted 16 August 1915. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse joined through the quadrants by an oval oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a central medallion bearing the monogram of Emperor Franz Joseph, circumscribed by an inscription of MERITO CIVIL TEMPORE BELLO MCMXV (CIVIL MERIT IN A TIME OF WAR 1915), the reverse with two visible rivets securing the