Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration of the Red Cross, Officer Cross with War Decoration, c. 1918 Province of China Wheeler was initially a Petty

Wheeler was initially a Petty Officer during the Great War with the Royal Navy

with 1917 buckle

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

mesuring 50

with a half wreath of laurel leaves below

Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration of the Red Cross, Officer Cross with War Decoration, c. 1918 Province of China Wheeler was initially a Petty(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