Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross, By Gebrüder Resch, Ca. 1880 GTRexclude KIA - Acting Corporal Wilfrid

KIA - Acting Corporal Wilfrid B

with leather wrist strap)

with a swivel crown suspension and its period original military tri-fold ribbon featuring a bronze gilt and enameled small decoration

he made invaluable contributions to the immediate needs and the long range plans of the Army portion of the air defense of the Continental United States

extensive cracking and peeling in the moisture shield

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross, By Gebrüder Resch, Ca. 1880 GTRexclude KIA - Acting Corporal Wilfrid(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