Austria, Empire. A Leopold Order, Knight’s Cross With Small Commander Decoration, By Rotzet & Fischmeister, C.1918 Buy Now In embroidered silver wire thread

In embroidered silver wire thread over field gray wool

7 mm and comes with its lugs bent back but intact

Footnote: The Medal for Merit was established in 1870 (1308)

EM/NCO’s “Liebstandarte SS Adolf Hitler” Cufftitle

(Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani)

Austria, Empire. A Leopold Order, Knight’s Cross With Small Commander Decoration, By Rotzet & Fischmeister, C.1918 Buy Now In embroidered silver wire thread(Leopold Orden Ritterkreuz mit Kommandeur Kriegsdekoration). Type III Issued 1914 1918. A cross pattee constructed of bronze gilt with red and white enameled arms; the obverse with a central red enameled medallion, inscribed F. I. A for Franciscus Imperator Austriae, surrounded by a ring of white enamels, inscribed Integritati et Merito (Latin Integrity and Merit); the reverse with a central white enameled medallion, inscribed Opes regum corda