Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph Order, Knight’s Cross With Swords, By Vincent Mayer, C.1914 Newly Listed the "Hunting Group" (Fighter Squadron)

the "Hunting Group" (Fighter Squadron) of the Luftstreitkräfte (German Air Service)

with the LDO logo printed in black on the obverse

An interesting and certainly unique 1941 Herbst Reichsmesse Leipzig badge

39 mm x 103 mm

Footnote: In the 1930s and 1940s

Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph Order, Knight’s Cross With Swords, By Vincent Mayer, C.1914 Newly Listed the "Hunting Group" (Fighter Squadron)(Franz Joseph Orden Ritterkreuz, mit Schwertern). 1914 1918 Issue. A bronze gilt cross with double headed crowned eagle in silvered bronze, with a central white enameled medallion inscribed FJ in Gold, along with chains and Viribus Unitis (Latin United Strength) inscribed in gilt; the reverse of the cross with a a central white enameled medallion dated 1849; with a swivel crown suspension and its period original tri fold ribbon featuring a bar with