Austria, Second Republic. An Order of Leopold, II. Class Commander with War Decoration, Exhibition Example, by Rothe & Neffe, c. 1980 visually-hidden was suspended from a jewelled

was suspended from a jewelled collar of firesteels in the shape of the letter B

Acid-etched onto the obverse of the blade is an inscription of “ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT INF

and leftward-opening thick round wire catch

15mm (h – inclusive of integral ball on wreath suspension)

Austria, Second Republic. An Order of Leopold, II. Class Commander with War Decoration, Exhibition Example, by Rothe & Neffe, c. 1980 visually-hidden was suspended from a jewelled(Kaiserlich sterreichischer Leopold Orden). Instituted January 7th, 1808. (c. 1980 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a red and white enamelled cross, the obverse medallion presenting the inscription FIA surrounded by a white ring inscribed Integritati et Merito, the reverse medallion featuring a white field inscribed opes Regum Cora Subdito Rum with the inscription surrounded by a gilded oak wreath, the cross suspended from a large