Austria, Imperial. A Red Cross War Aid Office Medal, C. 1915 Archive with a protective black leather

with a protective black leather tab with a black wool underside placed behind the left side elongated buckle

The Honourable Francis Charles Bridgeman and Gertrude Cecilia Hanbury

the obverse with a rightward-facing profile of Grand Duke Karl August

The cap measures 270 mm x 125 mm (folded)

in die stamped silvered bronze

Austria, Imperial. A Red Cross War Aid Office Medal, C. 1915 Archive with a protective black leatherA circular medal constructed of zinc, the obverse bearing the image of a fish headed man holding a torpedo in his right arm, with VNTER SEE inscribed on the bottom right, the reverse bears the inscription ROTES KREUZ KRIEGSHILFSBRO KRIEGSFRSORGE AMT 1914 1915 (RED CROSS WAR AID OFFICE WAR 1914 1915) within a pearled border, the obverse torpedo bears the mark W. H for Wilhelm Hejda, measuring 44. 92 mm, weighing 30. 4 g, very fine.