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

48mm(w) x 57

with 1917 buckle

and an Iron Cross 1914 First Class with “Gott Mit Uns In True Fest” on the obverse

81103 Corporal William Ralph Brookes

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