Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph Order, Commander Cross, By Vincent Mayer’s Söhne, C.1914 Auction the 19th Infantry Battalion received

the 19th Infantry Battalion received their orders for overseas service in the French theatre on September 13

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Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph Order, Commander Cross, By Vincent Mayer’s Söhne, C.1914 Auction the 19th Infantry Battalion received(Kaiserlich sterreichischer Franz Joseph Orden). Instituted on 2 December 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. In bronze gilt, featuring a Latin cross with red enameled arms with a black enameled double headed crowned eagle clutching a length of chain, obverse centre with a white enameled medallion inscribed FJ in gilded bronze letters, with Order motto of "VIRIBUS UNITIS" ("WITH UNITED FORCES") inscribed in gilded bronze, the reverse of the cross with the