Austria, Empire. A Fine Red Cross Medal Bar with Eight Awards GTRexclude the lion between the arms

the lion between the arms at 6 and 9 o'clock has been lost to time

he was awarded the Spanish Medalla Militar with Diamonds

the obverse torpedo bears the mark “W

obverse depicting the profile portrait of Ernst August with BREHMER

Austria, Empire. A Fine Red Cross Medal Bar with Eight Awards GTRexclude the lion between the arms1. An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class. (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, mounted on the ribbon bar with its period original combatant's ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the