Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross By Vincenz Mayers Söhne, Ca. 1900 certificate_of_authenticity Luise Brüggemann

Luise Brüggemann

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A gilded bronze cross with white-enamelled arms

circumscribed by an inscription of “REICHSNÄHRSTAND LANDESBAUERNSCHAFT POMMERN” (“REICHSNÄHRSTAND AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION POMERANIA”)

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross By Vincenz Mayers Söhne, Ca. 1900 certificate_of_authenticity Luise Brüggemann(Kaiserlich sterreichischer Franz Joseph Orden Ritterkreuz). Instituted 2 December 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. (1849 1918 issue). Constructed of Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with red enameled arms, the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a raised Gold monogram of Emperor Franz Joseph I, with a double headed black enameled Austrian imperial eagle set through the quadrants, with a chain