Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration Of The Red Cross, Officer Cross, By G.a. Schied, C.1910 Auction Archive two Verdun Medals

two Verdun Medals

Following the breakdown of armistice negotiations in August 1951

declaring "WAR OVER

the deportation of 18

Before WWI he was a company commander in the colony of German South-West Africa (modern day Namibia)

Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration Of The Red Cross, Officer Cross, By G.a. Schied, C.1910 Auction Archive two Verdun Medals(Ehrenzeichen vom Roten Kreuz, Offizierkreuz). Issued 1914 1918. Consisting of a silver cross with white and red enameled arms; the obverse consisting of a central white enameled medallion with a red enameled red cross, surrounded by a ring of red enamels, inscribed Patriae Ac Humanitati (Latin For Country and Humanity) in silver gilt capital lettering; the reverse dated 1864 1914 with two pins for uniform attachment; marked G. A. S for G. A. Schied,