Austria, First Republic. A 1922-1938 Issue Austrian Merit Order, Knight’s Cross Archive blackened aluminum

blackened aluminum

measuring 98 mm (w) x 38 mm (h))

itself constructed of vulcanfibre and presenting with a lacquered black obverse and tan-coloured reverse

The tabs are constructed of a standard buckram core

Austria, First Republic. A 1922-1938 Issue Austrian Merit Order, Knight’s Cross Archive blackened aluminumA 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