Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross, By Gebrüder Resch, Ca. 1880 Newly Listed 2nd Class - In silvered

2nd Class - In silvered tombac

Footnote: James Henry Sylvester Hickman enlisted for service with the Canadian Scouts during the Boer War

9K Gold with silver "RAF" lettering and red enamelling in the crown

23 mm (h -inclusive laurel wreath suspension)

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Knight’s Cross, By Gebrüder Resch, Ca. 1880 Newly Listed 2nd Class - In silvered(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