Decoration for Services to the Red Cross
Austro-Hungarian emergency services award
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The Decoration for Services to the Red Cross (Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Rote Kreuz) was an Austro-Hungarian award instituted on 17 August 1914[1] by Emperor Franz Joseph I to mark the 50th anniversary of the Geneva Convention. It was intended to honour individuals who had worked in the voluntary emergency services of the Red Cross, either in peacetime or in war.
TypeMilitary decoration
Presented byAustria-Hungary
EligibilityIndividuals who worked in the voluntary emergency services of the Red Cross
Established17 August 1914
| Decoration for Services to the Red Cross Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Rote Kreuz | |
|---|---|
,_front.jpg) Decoration for Services to the Red Cross, 2nd class, with war decoration | |
| Type | Military decoration |
| Presented by | Austria-Hungary |
| Eligibility | Individuals who worked in the voluntary emergency services of the Red Cross |
| Established | 17 August 1914 |
 Ribbon of the decoration | |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Military Long Service Crosses |
| Next (lower) | 1898 Jubilee Medal |
The order consists of four classes, as well as an associated medal in two classes:
- Star
- Merit Cross, 1st class
- Officer's Cross
- Merit Cross, 2nd class
- Silver Medal
- Bronze Medal
Decoration for Services to the Red Cross Star
Decoration for Services to the Red Cross, 1st Class with war decoration
Decoration for Services to the Red Cross, Officers Cross
Decoration for Services to the Red Cross, 2nd Class with war decoration, and without
Decoration for Services to the Red Cross, Silver Medal
Decoration for Services to the Red Cross, Bronze Medal with war decoration
Decoration for Services to the Red Cross, Bronze Medal
Awards for military services were augmented with a war decoration for the ceremony.
