Austria, Second Republic. A Military Order of Maria Theresia, Knight’s Cross, Museum Exhibition Example, by C.F Rothe & Neffe, c. 1970 Auction Archive with breast eagle in tombac

with breast eagle in tombac mounted on front

bronze gilt with red and black enamelled insignia affixed to a frosted silver cross base

all suspended from a 120 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback and field-grey wool reverse liner

21 mm x 72 mm each)

Austria, Second Republic. A Military Order of Maria Theresia, Knight’s Cross, Museum Exhibition Example, by C.F Rothe & Neffe, c. 1970 Auction Archive with breast eagle in tombac(Militr Maria Theresien Orden). Instituted on June 18th, 1757. (c. 1970 issue). A fine quality Museum Exhibition example of this prestigious order, consisting of a gilded silver Cross Patte with white enameled arms, the obverse with a central medallion bearing horizontal red white red stripes of enamels representing the Austrian flag, surrounded by a white enameled ring inscribed Fortitudini in capitalized Latin, the reverse equally with white