Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph Order, Knight’s Cross, By Rothe, C.1917 certificate_of_authenticity Early Senior RLB Officer’s Armband

Early Senior RLB Officer’s Armband - approximately measures 42cm in length (stitched together at the ends)

extremely fine condition with discolouration

in the United States

His unit continued fighting in the Balkans between Greece and Croatia

Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph Order, Knight’s Cross, By Rothe, C.1917 certificate_of_authenticity Early Senior RLB Officer’s Armband(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