page_title: Decoration for Services to the Red Cross
hierarchical_section_title: Decoration for Services to the Red Cross
caption_attribution_description: English: Austrian Order of Merit of the Red Cross (1914), front Deutsch: Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Rote Kreuz (1914), Vorderseite
context_page_description: The Decoration for Services to the Red Cross was an Austro-Hungarian award instituted on 17 August 1914 by Emperor Franz Josef I to mark the 50th anniversary of the Geneva Convention. It was intended to honour individuals who had worked in the voluntary emergency services of the Red Cross, either in peacetime or in war.
  The order consists of four classes, as well as an associated medal in two classes:
  1st: Star
  2nd: Merit Cross, 1st class
  3rd: Officer's Cross
  4th: Merit Cross, 2nd class
  Silver Medal
  Bronze Medal
  Awards for military services was augmented with a war decoration for the ceremony.
context_section_description: The Decoration for Services to the Red Cross (Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Rote Kreuz) was an Austro-Hungarian award instituted on 17 August 1914 by Emperor Franz Josef I to mark the 50th anniversary of the Geneva Convention. It was intended to honour individuals who had worked in the voluntary emergency services of the Red Cross, either in peacetime or in war.
  The order consists of four classes, as well as an associated medal in two classes:
  1st: Star
  2nd: Merit Cross, 1st class
  3rd: Officer's Cross
  4th: Merit Cross, 2nd class
  Silver Medal
  Bronze Medal
  Awards for military services was augmented with a war decoration for the ceremony.
caption: Decoration for Services to the Red Cross, 2nd class, with war decoration
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