Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross By Vincenz Mayers Söhne, Ca. 1900 Auction Archive disembarking Liverpool aboard the hospital

disembarking Liverpool aboard the hospital ship Esquibo

mounted to a thick 61 mm (w) x 99 mm (h) card

bronze palm clasp affixed to its original ribbon

98 mm x 146 mm)

2 SEPT 1873

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross By Vincenz Mayers Söhne, Ca. 1900 Auction Archive disembarking Liverpool aboard the hospital(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