Austria, Empire. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class For Civil Merit, By Rothe, C.1915 Hold this taking until June 1943

this taking until June 1943 at Plymouth

on an original lightly soiled ribbon

and the shot down German aircraft was an ME-110

inland waterways and harbour security

Austria, Empire. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class For Civil Merit, By Rothe, C.1915 Hold this taking until June 1943(Kriegskreuz fr Zivilverdienste II Klasse). Instituted on August 16, 1915 by Kaiser Franz Joseph. (Issued 1915 1918). A silver gilt cross with white enameled arms, the obverse with a center white enameled medallion, with FJI in silver gilt lettering, circumscribed by Merito Civili Tempore Belli MCMXV (Latin At the merit of the Civil War), with an oak wreath on the cross; the reverse vertical pin and two horizontally oriented rivets, maker marked FR