Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Iii Class With Ii Class Small Decoration, C.1918 Newly Listed with period added horizontal pin-back

with period added horizontal pin-back assembly

(447 Pte W

overlaid by a pair of skis bearing an edelweiss with an enameled HJ insignia centrepiece

one of two push pin points intact)

but this type of cross was produced by maker W

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Iii Class With Ii Class Small Decoration, C.1918 Newly Listed with period added horizontal pin-back(Kaiserlicher Orden der Eisernen Krone). Instituted in 1805. Type III. (1860 1918). Military Division. presenting a double headed eagle sharing a single large crown with a sword and orb clutched in the talons, above a yellow, red and green enamelled Lombardy crown, the obverse presents a blue enamelled shield inscribed F., a military decoration of a green enamelled wreath sits below the talons and along the wings, the reverse shield bears the year