Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph Order, Knight’s Cross, By Rothe, C.1917 certificate_of_authenticity Naming is privately engraved on

Naming is privately engraved on the edge of the five Second World War awards

A German Shooting Federation (DSB) Championship

in the United States

and Royal Canadian Humane Association (blackened bronze

in its cardboard box of issue

Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph Order, Knight’s Cross, By Rothe, C.1917 certificate_of_authenticity Naming is privately engraved on(Franz Joseph Orden Ritterkreuz). Instituted 2. 12. 1849 by Kaiser Franz Joseph. (Issued 1914 1918). A bronze gilt Byzantine cross with broad ends, with a double headed crowned black enameled eagle in gilt bronze, with a central white enameled medallion inscribed FJ in gilt, along with a multi link chain suspended from the eagles mouth with letters attached, spelling VIRIBUS UNITIS (United Strength), the reverse of the cross with a central white