Austria, Imperial. An Order of Franz Joseph, Commander in Gold, c.1880 visually-hidden A German Red Cross Decoration

A German Red Cross Decoration Type II (1934-1937) - First Class neck cross

(Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada)

each constructed of field-grey wool and trimmed with black piping

Filip Dobrečić

hairline cracks in the enamels of the upper arm

Austria, Imperial. An Order of Franz Joseph, Commander in Gold, c.1880 visually-hidden A German Red Cross Decoration(Franz Joseph Orden, Komturkreuz). Instituted on 2 December 1849 by Franz Joseph I. Type I. (Issued 1849 1914). An excellent quality 18K Gold cross 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