Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross By Vincenz Mayers Söhne, Ca. 1900 Auction Archive 98 mm x 146 mm)

98 mm x 146 mm)

No dents to straight scabbard

He was posted to HMS Vernon for Torpedo School on June 24

disembarking Liverpool aboard the hospital ship Esquibo

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross By Vincenz Mayers Söhne, Ca. 1900 Auction Archive 98 mm x 146 mm)(Kaiserlich sterreichischer Franz Joseph Orden Ritterkreuz). Instituted 2 December 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. (1849 1918 issue). Constructed of Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with red enameled arms, the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a raised Gold monogram of Emperor Franz Joseph I, with a double headed black enameled Austrian imperial eagle set through the quadrants, with a chain