Austria, Imperial. An Order of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross, c.1910 Auction 2) A Ernst Ludwig Archduke

2) A Ernst Ludwig Archduke of Hessen Military Merit Medal

consisting of 1) A Kyffhäuser cap eagle

He fought during the wars of the Revolution and the Napoleonic Era

Footnote: The Westwall is a german term for a Second War defensive line built in eastern France in the 1930’s

bearing a machine-embroidered white cotton disc 75 mm in diameter

Austria, Imperial. An Order of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross, c.1910 Auction 2) A Ernst Ludwig Archduke(sterreichisch kaiserlicher Franz Joseph Orden, Ritterkreuz). Instituted by Emperor Franz Joseph I on 2 December 1849. A bronze gilt and enamel cross patte with red enameled arms edged in gilt, overlaid on a finely detailed gilt double headed Imperial Austrian eagle with open wings, each head crowned. Obverse central medallion in white enamel with raised, gilded, intertwined monogram FJ for Franz Joseph. Reverse medallion in white enamel bearing the