Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration Of The Red Cross, First Class, C.1914 Hold serving in the Somme

serving in the Somme

6 Group at Linton-on-Ouse on November 10th

The first casu­al­ties suf­fered by 2 RCR occurred from a mor­tar explo­sion dur­ing this training

he was transferred to the 4th Company of Replacement Battalion of Infantry Regiment 69 (4

THE OUEENS

Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration Of The Red Cross, First Class, C.1914 Hold serving in the Somme(Ehrenzeichen vom Roten Kreuz 1. Klasse). Multi piece construction of silver, with red and white enameled arms; the obverse with a white enameled central medallion with a red enameled cross, circumscribed Patriae ag Humanitati (Latin Country and Humanity), with a war decoration consisting of a laurel and oak wreath fastened to the cross; the reverse consisting of red and white enamels, with a central white enameled medallion dated 1864 1914,