Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration Of The Red Cross, First Class, C.1914 Hold 1898: the USS Baltimore

1898: the USS Baltimore

Breast Star Second Class in silver gilt and enamels

Silver-plated brass hilt fittings show moderate wear to finish on pommel & crossguard

the car was slow moving

oxidation evident on the copper wire throughout

Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration Of The Red Cross, First Class, C.1914 Hold 1898: the USS Baltimore(Ehrenzeichen vom Roten Kreuz 1. Klasse). Multi piece construction of silver, with red and white enameled arms; the obverse with a white enameled central medallion with a red enameled cross, circumscribed Patriae ag Humanitati (Latin Country and Humanity), with a war decoration consisting of a laurel and oak wreath fastened to the cross; the reverse consisting of red and white enamels, with a central white enameled medallion dated 1864 1914,