Austria, Imperial. An Order of Leopold, Knight’s Cross with Swords Hold the reverse maker marked “PORZELLANFABRIK

the reverse maker marked “PORZELLANFABRIK HEINRICH SELB”

unissued condition

suspended from a cord constructed of black rayon and bearing a central machine-embroidered red band flanked on each side by silver aluminum wire tresses

with Roman Numerals XVI on obverse

Austria, Imperial. An Order of Leopold, Knight’s Cross with Swords Hold the reverse maker marked “PORZELLANFABRIK(sterreichisch kaiserlicher Leopold Orden). Instituted 1808. Type III. (1861 1918). Civil Division. In bronze gilt, a beautiful red and white enamelled cross, the obverse medallion presenting the inscription FIA surrounded by a white ring inscribed INTEGRITATI ET MERITO, the reverse medallion features a white field inscribed OPES REGUM CORA SUBDITO RUM, surrounded by a gilt wreath, the badge is suspended from a large crown with an interior red