to distinguish Knights' insignia from Ladies'
L'Alcyon (silvered bronze with red
Of high Dutch quality manufacture
Bronze Grade - In solid bronze
possibly of Austrian manufacture and therefore excellent quality
Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Leopold, Badge For Officers (Rothe Copy) Archive to distinguish Knights' insignia from(sterreichisch kaiserlicher Leopold Orden, Ehrenzeichen fr Offiziere). Instituted on 8 January 1808 by Franz I of Austria. Post 1945 Rothe Copy. Of multi piece construction, the badge consisting of a Leopold Cross, a cross patte constructed of gilded bronze, with red and white enamelled arms, the obverse with a central red enamelled medallion, inscribed F. I. A. in gilt for Franciscus Imperator Austriae, surrounded by a ring of white enamels,