Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Collar With Badge (Rothe Copy) Auction Archive The Germans had spent the

The Germans had spent the night of October 10th turning cellars of houses in the town of Bardenberg into fortified pillboxes

constructed of a two-piece heavy card stock frame with a white cotton interior liner

MC without ribbon

maker marked STEINHAUER & LÜCK

Extremely fine as a lot

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Collar With Badge (Rothe Copy) Auction Archive The Germans had spent the(Orden der Eisernen Krone). Instituted February 12, 1816 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. A Post 1945 Manufactured Rothe Copy. A bronze gilt collar, likely of Rothe manufacturing, composed of thirty six total links, alternating between an oval laurel wreath, a crown detailed with red, green and white enamels, and FP (Franciscus Primus), the reverse of each link mirrors the obverse except for the FP links which present detailed hand engraved lines and cross