Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration of the Red Cross, Officer Cross with War Decoration, c. 1918 Province of China 81103 Corporal William Ralph Brookes

81103 Corporal William Ralph Brookes

the reverse marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “33” for maker Karl Hensler

with a half wreath of laurel leaves below

and matching set of Luftwaffe Signal Corps Oberleutnant collar tabs

Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration of the Red Cross, Officer Cross with War Decoration, c. 1918 Province of China 81103 Corporal William Ralph Brookes(Ehrenzeichen vom Roten Kreuz). Instituted August 14th, 1914. A silver cross with silver, red, white, and green enamels, the obverse with a circular central white enamelled medallion bearing a red enamelled Greek Cross (Red Cross), surrounded by a band of red enamels inscribed with Patriae ac Humanitati (Country and Humanity) in Latin, with a War Decoration in the form of a green enamelled laurel and oak wreath superimposed onto the cross, the reverse