Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration Of The Red Cross, First Class For Ladies, C.1915 Auction it states that he was

it states that he was awarded the bar to the Military Medal on August 27 1919 as a member of the 43rd Battalion

The Army book is signed on August 28

two tiny chips evident in the white enamels

6 and upon the outbreak of the First World War

Austria, Empire. An Honour Decoration Of The Red Cross, First Class For Ladies, C.1915 Auction it states that he was(Ehrenzeichen vom Roten Kreuz). A Latin cross constructed of silver, with red and white 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 arms of the cross enameled with white enamels on the outer edge and red and red enamels on the interior of the arms; the