Austria, Imperial. An Order of Franz Joseph, Commander’s Star in Gold, by V. Mayer & Sohne certificate_of_authenticity The Navy would award USS

The Navy would award USS Sailfish nine battle stars for action during the Second World War

winner of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 2 September 1944 as an Unteroffizier and troop leader in the 7

This very unusual grouping of awards was recently obtained from the family in Germany

Two Ausmusterungsschein (Exemption from Military Service) documents

The album is fully unmarked and undated and measures 225 mm (w) x 162 mm (h)

Austria, Imperial. An Order of Franz Joseph, Commander’s Star in Gold, by V. Mayer & Sohne certificate_of_authenticity The Navy would award USS(Franz Joseph Orden). Instituted on 2 December 1849 by Franz Joseph I. A silver star consisting of eight clusters of faceted rays in the arms, the obverse superimposed insignia in 18K Gold features a red enamelled cross with the imperial double headed eagle, partially enameled in black, shown in the angles of the cross, the two heads of the eagle bear in their beaks a loop of chain with the emperors motto VIRIBUS UNITIS (WITH UNITED FORCES) applied at