5th Corps Service Command
The Battalion was to serve in France and Belgium with the 1st Infantry Brigade
the text "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" surrounding the cross on the insignia illegible
marked 938 as well as W on bottom of 6 o'clock arm with blue enamels of a quality necessary for this level of award
vertical banjo-style pinback
Austria, Empire. An Order of Franz Joseph, Officer Class with War Decoration, c. 1916 visually-hidden 5th Corps Service CommandInstituted in 1849. II Period (1914 1918). A bronze gilt cross with double headed crowned Habsburg style imperial eagle with black enameled feathering, obverse centre medallion inscribed with FJ, surrounding chain inscribed with Viribus Unitis, reverse centre medallion inscribed with 1849, inclusive of crown suspension 55. 2 mm (h) x 30. 1 mm (w), near very fine condition. Footnote: The Order of Franz Joseph was instituted on 2 December 1849 by