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

silvered bronze bar representing the base of the crown

Military Order of Foreign Wars

maker marked with the "OLC" (Overhoff & Cie

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