Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Grand Cross, By Rothe, C. 1965 Hold MC LENNAN)

MC LENNAN)

4) bronze gilt with marcasite stones

Measuring 82x133mm and 87x134mm

between the rivers Moselle and Rhine

Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Grand Cross, By Rothe, C. 1965 Hold MC LENNAN)(Kaiserlicher Orden der Eisernen Krone, Grokreuz). Reinstituted in 1815 by Emperor Franz I. Type III. Military Division. Of post war production, in bronze gilt, consisting of a highly detailed double headed crowned eagle clutching an orb and a sword on each claw, the chest bearing a central enamelled blue shield with gilded monogram of Franz I, flanked by two nicely enamelled green laurel branches with gilded edges, surmounted by an enamelled red