Austria, Imperial. An Order of Franz Joseph, Civil Division, Commander, c.1915 Auction Archive and so forth

and so forth

1944 and signed in blue ink by the Commanding Admiral of the Black Sea

and pinned with three silvered rank pips

maker marked "R S & S" (Richard Simm & Söhne

John was born in 1910

Austria, Imperial. An Order of Franz Joseph, Civil Division, Commander, c.1915 Auction Archive and so forthInstitution Date: December 2, 1849. In bronze gilt with enamels, bearing an FJ medallion on the obverse and a 1849 medallion on the reverse, and the The motto VIRIBUS UNITIS, meaning with united forces was included on a loop of a chain held by the eagles beaks, measuring at 37mm (w) x 69mm (h) on a modern ribbon, in extremely fine condition.