Decoration For Services To The Red Cross

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 by Emperor

Franz Josef I Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his ...

to mark the 50th anniversary of the

Geneva Convention upright=1.15, Original document in single pages, 1864 The Geneva Conventions are four treaties, and three additional protocols, that establish international legal standards for humanitarian treatment in war. The singular term ''Geneva Conve ...

. It was intended to honour individuals who had worked in the voluntary emergency services of the

Red Cross The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and ...

, either in peacetime or in war. The order consists of four classes, as well as an associated medal in two classes: :1st: Star :2nd: Merit Cross, 1st class :3rd: Officer's Cross :4th: Merit Cross, 2nd class :Silver Medal :Bronze Medal Awards for military services was augmented with a war decoration for the ceremony.

Medals of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement 1914 establishments in Austria-Hungary Awards established in 1914 {{ODM-stub