Austria, Imperial. A War Cross For Civil Merit, III Class Cross Archive 3rd Class by Gebrüder Hemmerle

3rd Class by Gebrüder Hemmerle - with Swords  in silver gilt and enamels

47 mm (w) x 30

WWII South African Medal for War Service - Very crisp detail

with “1 / 4” in white threads

two of which are bent back

Austria, Imperial. A War Cross For Civil Merit, III Class Cross Archive 3rd Class by Gebrüder Hemmerle(Kreigskreuz fr Zivilverdienste). Instituted in 1915. In silver, a white enamelled cross with a wreath over the 12 and 6 oclock arms, the obverse medallion features the initials FJI surrounded by the inscription MERITO CIVILI TEMPORE BELLI MCMXV, reverse with a single vertical pin assembly, marked on pin with CM makers mark, A (denoting Vienna manufacture), and a Dianas Head 2 A mark on the base (denoting . 900 silver fineness and Vienna from 1872