Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross, By Wilhelm Kunz, C.1900 GTRexclude reverse with Old Dutch city

reverse with Old Dutch city motto "Een Draght Mackt Maght" (Unity Makes Strength)

he also served with the 98th Battalion

with nearly all of the original gilding remaining

Constructed of tan-coloured webbed fabric

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross, By Wilhelm Kunz, C.1900 GTRexclude reverse with Old Dutch city(Franz Joseph Orden, Ritterkreuz). Instituted 2 December 1849 by Franz Joseph I. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze gilt with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a double headed Habsburg style imperial eagle, the obverse of which is clutching a length of chain between its beaks with bottom inscription of VIRIBUS UNITIS (WITH UNITED FORCES), overlaid by a red enameled Ruppert Cross, with a central white enameled medallion with gilt initials FJ,