Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Officer’s Cross With War Decoration, By Vincenz Mayer’s Söhne, C.1910 Auction and having a dull tip

and having a dull tip

Military Order of Foreign Wars

which at the time was part of Italian East Africa

being replaced by the Order of the Liberators and Liberators of Venezuela

the insignia intact

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Officer’s Cross With War Decoration, By Vincenz Mayer’s Söhne, C.1910 Auction and having a dull tip(Kaiserlich sterreichischer Franz Joseph Orden, Offizierskreuz). Instituted in 1901 by Kaiser Franz Joseph. (Issued 1901 1918). A bronze gilt cross with double headed crowned Habsburg style imperial eagle with black enameled feathering, with a central white enameled medallion inscribed FJ, along with chains and VIRIBUS UNITIS (UNITED STRENGTH) inscribed in raised gilt lettering, topped with a partially enameled gilt crown fastened to the twelve oclock