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Imperial Order of Franz Joseph
Grand Cross star of the order
Awarded by The Head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Type	Order of merit (1849–1918) Dynastic order (1918—)
Established	2 December 1849
Royal house	House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Motto	VIRIBUS UNITIS ("With United Forces")
Awarded for	Civil and Military Merit
Status	Dormant Order since 1918
Sovereign	Crown Prince Karl of Austria
Grades	Grand Cross Commander with Star Commander Officer Knight
Statistics
First induction	1849
Last induction	1918
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of the Iron Crown Order of Elizabeth
Next (lower)	Order of Saint George Order of Elizabeth and Theresa
| Ribbons of the order

The Imperial Austrian Order of Franz Joseph (German: Kaiserlich-Österreichischer Franz-Joseph-Orden) was founded by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria on 2 December 1849, on the first anniversary of his accession to the imperial throne.

Classes

The order was originally awarded in three classes: Grand Cross, Commander's Cross, and Knight's Cross. In 1869, the class of Commander with Star was added, which ranked immediately below the Grand Cross. The Officer's Cross, which ranked between Commander and Knight, was introduced on 1 February 1901.

The order ceased to exist as a governmental award with the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. It was not re-established with the foundation of the Republic of Austria. It has been revived as of 2017 by Sandor Habsburg-Lothringen as a private association.

Ribbon bars

| Grand Cross

| Commander with Star (1869)

| Commander

| Officer (1901)

| Knight/Dame

Description

Knights wore the decoration suspended from a triangular ribbon on the left breast. Officers wore it on the left breast without a ribbon. Commanders wore the decoration at the neck, as did Commander with Star, who also wore a breast star. The Grand Cross was worn suspended from the shoulder and also came with a breast star. The ribbon of all classes of the order was plain red for civilians but the order was also awarded with the ribbon of the bravery medal in the case of military merit.

As was common with other Austro-Hungarian awards of the period, the Order of Franz Joseph was further awarded with the addition of the War decoration (in the form of a laurel wreath) and Swords which could be awarded for military merit. However, if soldiers were honoured, it was usually for distinguished service as opposed to gallantry in the face of the enemy.

Notable recipients

• Pakubowono X
• Živojin Mišić
• Émile Baudot
• Benjamin Thomas Brandreth-Gibbs
• Anton Bruckner
• Paškal Buconjić
• Georg Decker, portrait artist
• Carl Fürstenberg
• Abraham Salomon Camondo
• Nezir Škaljić
• Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
• Baron Adrien Goffinet
• Prince Julius Eisner Von Eisenhof
• Hans Gude
• Carl von In der Maur
• Constantin Isopescu-Grecul
• Ndre Mjeda
• Gjergj Fishta
• Alois Jirásek (1898)
• Hussein Kamel of Egypt
• Auguste, Baron Lambermont
• Jan Matejko
• Johann Münzberg
• Alexander Marmorek
• Philipp Sarlay
• Napoleon Touzet
• Anton Dreher
• Anton Dreher Jr.
• Julius Epstein
• Karl Samuel Grünhut
• Marie Simon
• Alfred Meyer-Waldeck

See also

• Order of chivalry
• Order of Leopold (Austria)
• Order of St. George (Habsburg-Lorraine)
• Order of the Iron Crown (Austria)
• Orders, decorations, and medals of Austria-Hungary

References

1. p. 33, Butrica (1991) Andrew J. Boca Raton, Florida "Baudot, Jean Maurice Emile" Froehlich, Kent (editors) Fritz E., Allen The Froehlich/Kent Encyclopedia of Telecommunications Vol. 2 CRC Press
2. Watson, Derek Bruckner. New York: Schuster & Macmillan (1997): 39
3. Morgen-Post Wien, 27 November 1872 (p. 579)
4. "Foreign News: Germany". The Jewish Voice. Vol. XXXI, no. 11. St. Louis, M.O. 13 September 1901. p. 8 – via Historical Jewish Press.
5. Waters, Clara Erskine Clement; Hutton, Lawrence (1879), "Hans Frederic Gude", Artists of the nineteenth century and their works: A handbook containing two thousand and fifty biographical sketches, vol. 1, Bostom: Houghton, Osgood and company, p. 317, retrieved 12 July 2017
6. Kaiserliche Auszeichnungen In: Nordböhmisches Volks-Blatt, 10 September 1912, p. 3.
7. "Alois Jirásek". www.payne.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 18 December 2023.
8. "Foreign News, Austria-Hungary". The Jewish Voice. Vol. XXVI, no. 3. St. Louis, M.O. 20 January 1899. p. 8 – via Historical Jewish Press.
9. Österreichische Zeitschrift für praktische Heilkunde (in German). Veit. 1839.
10. Eduard Hensel (1864). Anton Dreher, biographische Skizze (in German). p. 27.
11. Geschichte der österreichischen Land- und Forstwirtschaft und ihrer Industrien 1848–1898 (in German). 1899. p. 538.
12. "Foreign News: Austria-Hungary". The Jewish Voice. Vol. XXXII, no. 23. St. Louis, M.O. 6 June 1902. p. 8 – via Historical Jewish Press.
13. Singer, Isidore; Cohen, Max. "GRÜNHUT, KARL SAMUEL". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
14. Wittneben, Karen (2010). "Simon, Marie". Deutsche Biographie (in German). Retrieved 26 August 2023.
15. Marinekabinett (Hrsg.): Rangliste der Kaiserlich Deutschen Marine. E.S. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1914, p. 110 (in German).

External links

• Order of Franz Joseph – Brno Abbey Museum
• Austro-Hungarian orders and decorations – austro-hungarian-army.co.uk
• Order of Franz Joseph – website of Sandor Habsburg-Lothringen

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