Austria, Empire. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class For Civil Merit, By Rothe, C.1915 Auction Archive Hamburg Hanseaten Cross - In

Hamburg Hanseaten Cross - In silver and enamels

constructed of constructed of a heavy pressed paper with a green textured faux leather (leatherette) exterior

Footnote: approximately 600 Golden Party Badges with date were issued

tending to Allied ships

Austria, Empire. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class For Civil Merit, By Rothe, C.1915 Auction Archive Hamburg Hanseaten Cross - In(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