Austria, Imperial. An Order of Franz Joseph, Knight with Officer Miniature,by Rothe, c.1914 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Nishan al-Istaqaq)

(Nishan al-Istaqaq)

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he saw multiple postings

and Awards - Order of Polonia Restituta

Austria, Imperial. An Order of Franz Joseph, Knight with Officer Miniature,by Rothe, c.1914 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Nishan al-Istaqaq)(Franz Joseph Orden, Komturkreuz). Instituted on 2 December 1849 by Franz Joseph I. Type II (1914 1918). A scarce decoration, in silver gilt, a knight with red enamelled arms with the imperial double headed eagle, partially enamelled in black, shown in the angles of the cross, the two heads of the eagle bear in their beaks a loop of chain with the emperors motto VIRIBUS UNITIS (WITH UNITED FORCES) applied at the lower edge, the white enamelled central