Austria, Empire. A Rare Military Order Of Maria Theresia In Gold, Grand Cross, C.1880 Auction Bruststern zur I Klasse)

Bruststern zur I Klasse)

while the top bears a brown leather strap with a buttonhole meeting a magnetic metal stud on the outer flap

also stamped with letter A on bottom of flat loop and on integral ring

A War Merit Cross 1st Class wth Swords by Wilhelm Deumer -  In silvered zinc

bent wire hooks

Austria, Empire. A Rare Military Order Of Maria Theresia In Gold, Grand Cross, C.1880 Auction Bruststern zur I Klasse)(Militr Maria Theresien Orden). Instituted on June 18, 1757 by Empress Maria Theresia. (Issued 1757 1918). An officially issued Grand Cross, constructed of 18Kt. GOLD and enamels, in the form of a Genfer Kreuz (Geneva Cross) with waved arm finials, the obverse with a round central medallion depicting the Austrian national colors (red white red) in enamels, surrounded by a broad ring of white enamels, inscribed FORTITUDINI (Fortitude) in GOLD capital