Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph Order, Commander Cross, By Vincent Mayer’s Söhne, C.1914 United Republic of exhibiting wear patches near the

exhibiting wear patches near the frog stud

Cross measures 28 x 28mm

then looped around the magnetic silvered metal buckle and held in place by a rivet

(1272 PTE J

Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph Order, Commander Cross, By Vincent Mayer’s Söhne, C.1914 United Republic of exhibiting wear patches near the(Kaiserlich sterreichischer Franz Joseph Orden). Instituted on 2 December 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. In bronze gilt, featuring a Latin cross with red enameled arms with a black enameled double headed crowned eagle clutching a length of chain, obverse centre with a white enameled medallion inscribed FJ in gilded bronze letters, with Order motto of "VIRIBUS UNITIS" ("WITH UNITED FORCES") inscribed in gilded bronze, the reverse of the cross with the