Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Commander Cross With Swords (Rothe Copy) Newly Listed in which Major Barker destroyed

in which Major Barker destroyed four enemy machines (three of them in flames)

Coast Guard Reserve and National Guard

12 Squadron in August 1943

measuring 102 mm (w) x 52 mm (h)

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Franz Joseph, Commander Cross With Swords (Rothe Copy) Newly Listed in which Major Barker destroyed(Kaiserlich sterreichischer Franz Joseph Orden). Instituted on 2 December 1849 by Franz Joseph I. Post 1945 Copy. A Commander Cross presenting as a gilded bronze Latin cross with richly detailed, red enamelled arms with a black enamelled double headed crowned eagle clutching a length of chain, with a central white enamelled medallion inscribed FJ in gilded bronze letters, with Order motto of VIRIBUS UNITIS (WITH UNITED FORCES) inscribed in gilded