A war decoration (German: "Kriegsdekoration") is an embellishment that shows that the award in wartime was granted. Particularly in Austrian orders such as the Order of the Iron Crown, after 1860, war decorations appear on crosses in the form of small laurel branches. The stars carry a large wreath of oak leaf and laurel leaf under the laid cross. In the Netherlands, war decorations do not occur. In Belgium, one chose to provide the ribbons of the war-time orders of a midst. In Austria, we also see the war decoration on the decorations of the Ereteken voor Verdienste voor de Rode Kruis, the Leopold Order and the Franco-Joseph Order. In Hungary, the tradition of the war decoration on the crosses of the Order of Merit continued to exist until 1945.
The war decoration, a light green enameled laurel wreath was granted in two forms for the Ie Class of the Order of the Iron Crown. a wide green wreath around the star of the star or a large golden wreath between the arms of the eight-pointed star. When a war decorator was awarded the big cross, the star was lined with green laurel wreath around the medallion. Great crosses that were awarded in front of the front of the war in the war ("eye in eye with the enemy"), received a large golden laurel wreath in the arms of the eight-pointed star.
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