Austria, Imperial. An Order of Franz Joseph, Knight with Officer Miniature,by Rothe, c.1914 Republic of circumscribed by an insription of

circumscribed by an insription of “DEM SIEGER PREIS” (“PRIZE TO THE CHAMPION”) with oak leaves

0mm (width) x 47

flanked on each side by four sun rays and four oak leaves with acorns

(Ehrenabzeichen des Reichsnährstandes in Silber)

973 Canadians who sailed from Vancouver in October 1941

Austria, Imperial. An Order of Franz Joseph, Knight with Officer Miniature,by Rothe, c.1914 Republic of circumscribed by an insription of(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