Description
measuring 105x147mm
maker marked with the "OLC" (Overhoff & Cie
silvered bronze bar representing the base of the crown
Military Order of Foreign Wars
printed by Wilhelm Limpert
Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Officer’s Cross With War Decoration, By Vincenz Mayer’s Söhne, C.1910 Auction measuring 105x147mm(Kaiserlich sterreichischer Franz Joseph Orden, Offizierskreuz). Instituted in 1901 by Kaiser Franz Joseph. (Issued 1901 1918). A bronze gilt cross with double headed crowned Habsburg style imperial eagle with black enameled feathering, with a central white enameled medallion inscribed FJ, along with chains and VIRIBUS UNITIS (UNITED STRENGTH) inscribed in raised gilt lettering, topped with a partially enameled gilt crown fastened to the twelve oclock