Austria, Imperial. An Honour Decoration Of The Red Cross, Officer’s Cross With Stone Center Auction with mountains in the background

with mountains in the background at the bottom

chipping evident in the red enamels on the obverse of the arm at 12 o'clock and on the reverse of the arm at 2 o'clock

General Post Office

(Souveräner Malteseorden Goldenes Verdienskreuz)

with an embossed crown

Austria, Imperial. An Honour Decoration Of The Red Cross, Officer’s Cross With Stone Center Auction with mountains in the background(Ehrenzeichen vom Roten Kreuz). Instituted in 1923. Multipiece construction, in silver featuring a red, white and green enamelled cross, a green enamel wreath sits atop the arms, the center medallion has been replaced with a large red synthetic stone, reverse with two J prongs, marked with G. A. S denoting Scheid manufacture, marked 900 for silver fineness, the 3 and 9 oclock arms are engraved 186 and 914 respectively, engravings showing wear around