Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph Order, Commander Cross, By Vincent Mayer’s Söhne, C.1914 Newly Listed Son: Private Thomas George Fowles

Son: Private Thomas George Fowles

Signature on Post War Photo: Herman Maringgele

black wool backer

told of meeting

maker marked “Klein & Quenzer

Austria, Empire. A Franz Joseph Order, Commander Cross, By Vincent Mayer’s Söhne, C.1914 Newly Listed Son: Private Thomas George Fowles(Kaiserlich sterreichischer Franz Joseph Orden). Instituted on 2 December 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. In bronze gilt, featuring a Latin cross with red enameled arms with a black enameled double headed crowned eagle clutching a length of chain, obverse centre with a white enameled medallion inscribed FJ in gilded bronze letters, with Order motto of "VIRIBUS UNITIS" ("WITH UNITED FORCES") inscribed in gilded bronze, the reverse of the cross with the