Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Commander With War Decoration & Swords (Rothe Copy) certificate_of_authenticity Iron crosses 2nd and 1st

Iron crosses 2nd and 1st classes (11mm)

which ordered the disappearance of resistance fighters in the occupied territories

Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback as worn by the veteran

many of the Sharpshooter riflemen used their own weapons

all three contemporary striking

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Commander With War Decoration & Swords (Rothe Copy) certificate_of_authenticity Iron crosses 2nd and 1st(Kaiserlich sterreichischer Franz Joseph Orden mit Schwertern). Instituted on 2 December 1849 by Franz Joseph I. Post 1945 Manufacture. Rothe Copy. In bronze gilt, a hollow four armed cross with red enamels and gilded edges, presenting richly detailed enameled black double headed crowned eagle, clutching a length of chain with Order motto of VIRIBUS UNITIS (WITH UNITED FORCES) inscribed in gilded bronze, with a central white enamelled medallion