Austria, Empire. A Fine Red Cross Medal Bar with Eight Awards Archive Commander's - Type 1

Commander's -  Type 1

maker marked "JOHNSON MILANO" on the deep red velvet lined inside lid

(Militär Ehrenzeichen 1

with the affixed scabbard suspension holes being rectangular

Austria, Empire. A Fine Red Cross Medal Bar with Eight Awards Archive Commander's - Type 11. An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class. (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, mounted on the ribbon bar with its period original combatant's ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the