Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross, By Vincenz Mayers Söhne certificate_of_authenticity but with multiple stress rips

but with multiple stress rips in the rayon from handling

Footnote: Killed in Action November 11th 1917

which is possibly when his original Soldbuch was destroyed

First Lieutenant in 1900 and appointed Captain of "E" Company in 1904

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross, By Vincenz Mayers Söhne certificate_of_authenticity but with multiple stress rips(Kaiserlich sterreichischer Franz Joseph Orden Ritterkreuz). Instituted 2 December 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. (1849 1918 issue). Constructed of Gold with multi coloued enamels, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with red enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a raised Gold monogram of Emperor Franz Joseph I, with a double headed and black enameled Austrian imperial eagle joining the quadrants, its beaks clutching