Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Leopold, Grand Cross Set, By Rothe, c.1960 Archive 1940 and signed in pencil

1940 and signed in pencil by a Lieutenant Colonel

enamel chip on red cross

British War Medal (158584 GNR

77 mm x 29

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Leopold, Grand Cross Set, By Rothe, c.1960 Archive 1940 and signed in pencil(Leopold Orden Ritterkreuz). Instituted on January 8, 1808 by Franz I. Of post war Rothe manufacture, a cross pattee constructed of bronze gilt with red and white enameled arms, the obverse with a central red enameled medallion, inscribed F. I. A for Franciscus Imperator Austriae, surrounded by a ring of white enamels, inscribed Integritati et Merito (Latin Integrity and Merit), the reverse with a central white enameled medallion, inscribed Opes regum