Austria, Imperial. An Honour Decoration Of The Red Cross, Officer’s Cross With Stone Center Auction Archive III Class Cross (in silver

III Class Cross (in silver with red and white enamels

It features a 140 mm-long magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and semi-sharpened edges

obverse centre presenting a white and blue enameled medallion in silver gilt

dated "1941" along with a large "4"

overlaid by gilt diving Luftwaffe eagles

Austria, Imperial. An Honour Decoration Of The Red Cross, Officer’s Cross With Stone Center Auction Archive III Class Cross (in silver(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