Decoration for Services to the Red Cross

For other uses, see Red Cross (disambiguation).

Decoration for Services to the Red Cross Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Rote Kreuz
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 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 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.

The order consists of four classes, as well as an associated medal in two classes:

1. Star
2. Merit Cross, 1st class
3. Officer's Cross
4. 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 was augmented with a war decoration for the ceremony.