in the shape of a shield the obverse bears a black enamel cross paty with a central swastika on a red enamel background
It sits securely within a silver crossguard
taken in Norway and illustrating a variety of subjects
artillery (including detonating fuzes)
Instituted in 1857 by Prince Carl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Austria, Imperial. An Order of Franz Joseph, Knight, c.1917 Auction in the shape of a(Kaiserlich sterreischischer Franz Joseph Orden). Instituted in 1849. Type II (1914 1918). Civil Division. In bronze gilt, featuring a red enamelled cross with a black enamelled eagle in each quadrant, a chain in the birds mouth that features the inscription VIRIBUS UNITIS, the central medallion features the initials FJ on a white enamelled field, the reverse medallion presents the year 1849, the cross is surmounted by a crown, marked with a star