Austria, First Republic. A 1922-1938 Issue Austrian Merit Order, Knight’s Cross GTRexclude Lieutenant Steward was appointed Temporary

Lieutenant Steward was appointed Temporary Captain

depicting a German pointed cap and a banner with the inscription “Souvenir of France”

likely of Italian manufacture and extremely rare

and one realizes that there has been a strain from the reaction which leaves us all a little irritable and nervous

7 mm (w) x 34 mm (h)

Austria, First Republic. A 1922-1938 Issue Austrian Merit Order, Knight’s Cross GTRexclude Lieutenant Steward was appointed TemporaryA fine example of an Ehrenzeichen fr die Verdienste um die Republik sterreich Ritterkreuz; a silver white enameled Seipels cross; the obverse and reverse with fine quality enamels; suspended from a period original tri fold ribbon; measuring 29. 96 mm (w) x 31. 73 mm (h); weighing 17. 9 grams with its ribbon; with only faint contact marks on the enamels, but without cracks or chips of any kind, in virtually mint condition. This offering is a part of