Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross By Vincenz Mayers Söhne, Ca. 1900 certificate_of_authenticity Very fine quality star

Very fine quality star

circumscribed by an inscription of “REICHSNÄHRSTAND LANDESBAUERNSCHAFT POMMERN” (“REICHSNÄHRSTAND AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION POMERANIA”)

His wife also received his Operational Wings and Certificate

A gilded bronze cross with white-enamelled arms

Intact enamels on both

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross By Vincenz Mayers Söhne, Ca. 1900 certificate_of_authenticity Very fine quality star(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