Austria-Hungary, Empire. A Red Cross War Assistance Medallion Auction satirizing Cunard Lines and the

satirizing Cunard Lines and the British government for their perceived recklessness in continuing to allow passenger ships to operate in the Atlantic during wartime

and very rare from that period

Measuring 211 mm (w) x 164 mm (h)

maker marked “Funcke & Bruninghaus

Austria-Hungary, Empire. A Red Cross War Assistance Medallion Auction satirizing Cunard Lines and the(Rotes Kreuz Erinnerungsmedaille). Constructed of patinated zink, the obverse bearing a raised figure clutching artillery shells, above an Austrian national eagle clutching a sword and above a banner bearing an inscription of FLIEGER (FLYER), the reverse bearing an inscription of ROTES KREUZ KRIEGS HILFSBURO KRIEGSFRSORGE AMT 1914 1915 (RED CROSS WAR ASSISTANCE OFFICE FOR CARE OF WAR WOUNDED 1914 1915), unmarked, measuring 45 mm in diameter, with some