Austria-Hungary, Empire. A War Cross For Civil Merit, Iv Class Newly Listed reverse inscribed "PRESENTED BY THE

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

Since his original purpose was to fight with the 39th (Service) Battalion

A very scarce and desirable badge in great condition

and of the ten Field Marshals of World War II

from 1943 to 1950 and would ultimately be assigned to USS North Carolina

Austria-Hungary, Empire. A War Cross For Civil Merit, Iv Class Newly Listed reverse inscribed "PRESENTED BY THE(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