Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Leopold, Grand Cross With War Decoration (Rothe Copy) Archive marked on reverse with Reichszeugmeisterei

marked on reverse with Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “M9/25” with “Richard Sieper & Söhne”

on ring and suspended from a triangular

First Lieutenant Ralph Welcome Baker

he was posted to the Canadian Discharge Depot at Buxton for return to Canada on September 16th

A very well-preserved HJ member’s knife measuring 255 mm in length when inserted into the scabbard

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Leopold, Grand Cross With War Decoration (Rothe Copy) Archive marked on reverse with Reichszeugmeisterei(sterreichisch kaiserlicher Leopold Orden). Instituted on 8 January 1808 by Franz I of Austria. Post 1945 Manufacture by 1945. Constructed of silver, a Grand Cross sash badge consisting of a four armed cross with red and white enameled arms, obverse centre presenting raised initials F I A (For Franciscus Imperator Austriae) in gilt lettering, circumscribed an enameled white border inscribed by INTEGRITATI ET MERITO (For Integrity And Merit), reverse