Austria, Imperial. A 1915-1918 Issue War Cross For Civil Merit Second Class By Rothe Newly Listed silvered bronze with white and

silvered bronze with white and blue enamels

ΝΙΚΑ" (In This Sign You Will Win) above and "ΙΕΡΟΥΣΑΛΗΜ ΜΗΤΗΡ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΩΝ" (Jerusalem Mother of the Churches) below

measuring 47 mm x 62 mm

and later died in a fire approximately fifty years ago

Third badge is silvered die-stamped lacquered zinc

Austria, Imperial. A 1915-1918 Issue War Cross For Civil Merit Second Class By Rothe Newly Listed silvered bronze with white andA fine example of a 1915 1918 issue Austrian Imperial War Cross for Civil Merit Second Class in its case of issue; a four armed cross constructed of silver gilt and enamels; 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 vertically oriented rivets; the