Austria, Imperial. An Order of Leopold, Knight’s Cross with Swords Hold IV Class in Silver

IV Class in Silver

granted for military leadership

his wife and their children followed in 1929

The Northern Vise Tightens

The edges present in a semi-sharpened condition and the tip has been slightly blunted

Austria, Imperial. An Order of Leopold, Knight’s Cross with Swords Hold IV Class in Silver(sterreichisch kaiserlicher Leopold Orden). Instituted 1808. Type III. (1861 1918). Civil Division. In bronze gilt, 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 gilt wreath, the badge is suspended from a large crown with an interior red