Austria, Imperial. A Red Cross War Aid Office Medal, C. 1915 Archive The Honourable Francis Charles Bridgeman

The Honourable Francis Charles Bridgeman and Gertrude Cecilia Hanbury

in die stamped silvered bronze

Chevalier - (Knight) Silver with white and blue enamels

(AKA Decoration for Humanitarian Merit) Bronze gilt with red enamels

Austria, Imperial. A Red Cross War Aid Office Medal, C. 1915 Archive The Honourable Francis Charles BridgemanA circular medal constructed of zinc, the obverse bearing the image of a fish headed man holding a torpedo in his right arm, with VNTER SEE inscribed on the bottom right, the reverse bears the inscription ROTES KREUZ KRIEGSHILFSBRO KRIEGSFRSORGE AMT 1914 1915 (RED CROSS WAR AID OFFICE WAR 1914 1915) within a pearled border, the obverse torpedo bears the mark W. H for Wilhelm Hejda, measuring 44. 92 mm, weighing 30. 4 g, very fine.