Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Rote Kreuz, Offizierskreuz mit
Kriegsdekoration. Established on 17.8.1914 by the Emperor Franz Joseph I. to 50th Anniversary of Geneva Convention. Awarded
for peace and wartime merits to the Red Cross (the last one with so
called War Decoration as oak leaves and laurel wreath). Officers Cross instituted 1915.
Version with War Decoration. Back mark GAS for the manufacturer G.A. Scheid, Wien (Vienna).