Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Leopold, Commander Cross With Lower Grade War Decoration (Rothe Copy) Archive 33 mm x 71

33 mm x 71

from June 1940 to spring of 1941

A fine example of a Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Turkistan volunteer sleeve shield

Two copies of “Der Weg” (“The Way”)

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Leopold, Commander Cross With Lower Grade War Decoration (Rothe Copy) Archive 33 mm x 71(sterreichisch kaiserlicher Leopold Orden). Instituted on 8 January 1808 by Franz I of Austria. Post 1945 Copy. A Commander Cross, constructed of gilded bronze with red and white enamels, the obverse centre presenting the initials F I A, circumscribed by INTEGRITATI ET MERITO (FOR INTEGRITY AND MERIT), reverse centre with motto of Leopold II OPES REGUM CORDA SUBDITORUM (THE POWER OF RULERS LIES IN THE HEARS OF THEIR SUBJECTS), within a golden wreath