Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross, By Gebrüder Resch, Ca. 1880 Hold 7 mm (h) Ribbon Bar

7 mm (h) Ribbon Bar with two bronze stars

1948 and Wing Commander five years later

This insignia was introduced in 1907 and worn throughout WWI

after Guadalcanal

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross, By Gebrüder Resch, Ca. 1880 Hold 7 mm (h) Ribbon Bar(Kaiserlich sterreichischer Franz Joseph Orden Ritterkreuz). Instituted 2 December 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. (1849 1918 issue). Constructed of Gold with multi coloued enamels, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with red enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a raised Gold monogram of Emperor Franz Joseph I, with a double headed and black enameled Austrian imperial eagle joining the quadrants, its beaks clutching