Austria, Imperial. An Order of Leopold, Knights Cross in Gold with War Decoration, by Rothe, c.1915 Auction Surface wear and light soiling

Surface wear and light soiling evident on the upper

020 other ranks

1940 and carries a facsimile of Chief of the Presidential Chancellery of the Führer and Chancellor

25 mm (w) x 60

loosening of the structure of the hilt

Austria, Imperial. An Order of Leopold, Knights Cross in Gold with War Decoration, by Rothe, c.1915 Auction Surface wear and light soiling(sterreichisch kaiserlicher Leopold Orden). Instituted 1808. Type III. (1861 1918). In Gold, a beautiful red and white enamelled cross, the obverse medallion presenting the inscription FIA surrounded by a white ring inscribed INTEGRITATI ET MERITO, the reverse medallion features a white field inscribed OPES REGUM CORA SUBDITO RUM, surrounded by a Gold wreath, the badge is suspended from a large crown with an interior red enamelled cap, a green