Austria, Empire. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class For Civil Merit, By Rothe, C.1915 Hold and the shot down German

and the shot down German aircraft was an ME-110

inland waterways and harbour security

chipping evident in the red enamels on the parasol and on the outer ring on the reverse centrepiece

on an original lightly soiled ribbon

1 Clasp - SASKATCHEWAN (S'DT

Austria, Empire. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class For Civil Merit, By Rothe, C.1915 Hold and the shot down German(Kriegskreuz fr Zivilverdienste II Klasse). Instituted on August 16, 1915 by Kaiser Franz Joseph. (Issued 1915 1918). A silver gilt cross with white enameled arms, the obverse with a center white enameled medallion, with FJI in silver gilt lettering, circumscribed by Merito Civili Tempore Belli MCMXV (Latin At the merit of the Civil War), with an oak wreath on the cross; the reverse vertical pin and two horizontally oriented rivets, maker marked FR