Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross, By Wilhelm Kunz, C.1900 certificate_of_authenticity without original ribbon

without original ribbon

the Royal Flying Corps (1916 to 1918) and the Royal Air Force (1918 to 1919)

the KS with very light contact

Charles Connon of Auchnagatt

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross, By Wilhelm Kunz, C.1900 certificate_of_authenticity without original ribbon(Franz Joseph Orden, Ritterkreuz). Instituted 2 December 1849 by Franz Joseph I. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze gilt with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a double headed Habsburg style imperial eagle, the obverse of which is clutching a length of chain between its beaks with bottom inscription of VIRIBUS UNITIS (WITH UNITED FORCES), overlaid by a red enameled Ruppert Cross, with a central white enameled medallion with gilt initials FJ,