Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross, By Vincenz Mayers Söhne certificate_of_authenticity German style: Prussia: Iron Cross

German style: Prussia: Iron Cross

The wreath and cockade measures 75 mm (w) x 65 mm (h) overall

which is possibly when his original Soldbuch was destroyed

with orange-yellow lettering “Feld-Gendarmerie”

but with multiple stress rips in the rayon from handling

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross, By Vincenz Mayers Söhne certificate_of_authenticity German style: Prussia: Iron Cross(Kaiserlich sterreichischer Franz Joseph Orden Ritterkreuz). Instituted 2 December 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. (1849 1918 issue). Constructed of Gold with multi coloued enamels, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with red enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a raised Gold monogram of Emperor Franz Joseph I, with a double headed and black enameled Austrian imperial eagle joining the quadrants, its beaks clutching