Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Grand Cross, By Rothe, C. 1965 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 45 mm (w) x

measuring 45 mm (w) x 76 mm (h)

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Austria, Empire. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Grand Cross, By Rothe, C. 1965 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 45 mm (w) x(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