Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Grand Cross With Swords (Rothe Copy) Hold Footnote: Badge was examined by

Footnote: Badge was examined by Mr Tomislav Muhić (author of the book "Serbian and Yugoslavian Orders and Decorations") who concluded the badge "is a textbook example by official Imperial Austrian maker Karl Fleischhacker

The Under Secretary of State

Footnote: Karl Böhm of Vienna was a manufacturer of the Order of Franz Joseph between 1914 and 1918

Of quality Russian Imperial manufacture

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Grand Cross With Swords (Rothe Copy) Hold Footnote: Badge was examined by(Kaiserlich sterreichischer Franz Joseph Orden). Instituted on 2 December 1849 by Franz Joseph I. Post 1945 Rothe Copy. A Grand Cross presenting as a gilded bronze Latin cross with richly detailed, red enamelled arms with a black enamelled double headed crowned eagle clutching a length of chain, with a central white enamelled medallion inscribed FJ in gilded bronze letters, with Order motto of VIRIBUS UNITIS (WITH UNITED FORCES) inscribed in gilded