Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph Order, Commander Cross, By Vincent Mayer, C. 1918 GTRexclude A high school leaving certificate

A high school leaving certificate

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 545 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

" For his long service

his Partisan's Decoration Award Booklet (eight pages plus cover

plus eight others

Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph Order, Commander Cross, By Vincent Mayer, C. 1918 GTRexclude A high school leaving certificate(Franz Joseph Orden, Komturkreuz). Instituted on December 2, 1849. (Issued 1849 1918). This is an extremely well preserved Franz Joseph Order Commander's Cross, presenting as a gilded bronze Latin cross with richly detailed, red enameled arms with a black enameled double headed crowned eagle clutching a length of chain, with a central white enameled medallion inscribed FJ in gilded bronze letters, with Order motto of "VIRIBUS UNITIS" ("WITH UNITED