Austria, Imperial. A War Cross For Civil Merit, III Class Cross GTRexclude numbered "00600/10000"

numbered "00600/10000"

Footnote: Awarded to staff service to the Armed Forces evidencing outstanding initiative and devotion to duty

many exhibiting assorted maker marks

with one other man being awarded the bar to the MM

the obverse bearing a dyed white inscription of “LUFTSCHUTZ NSDAP” in Fraktur script

Austria, Imperial. A War Cross For Civil Merit, III Class Cross GTRexclude numbered "00600/10000"(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