Austria, Imperial. An Ecclesiastical Cross Of Honour, Silver Grade (Rothe Copy) Auction Archive Wiedersehensfeier badge

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the obverse depicting the royal cipher of duke Friedrich Franz in the center

A 1939 Reichstagung-Deutscher Forstverein (“Reich Meeting of the German Forestry Association”) badge

with the blue enamels flaked on the obverse of the right arm

maker mark “GEMSCO N

Austria, Imperial. An Ecclesiastical Cross Of Honour, Silver Grade (Rothe Copy) Auction Archive Wiedersehensfeier badgeA Post 1945 Manufactured Rothe Copy. An Austrian Ecclesiastical Cross of Honour consisting of a silver Brabant cross with recessed frame, the obverse features a central blue enamelled medallion inscribed Piis Meritis, double sided design, measuring 48. 19 mm (w) x 60. 55 mm (h inclusive of integral ring), presenting tarnished metal, on original white triangular ribbon with hook and eye, fine.