Austria, Empire. A German Knight’s Order, Marian Knight's Cross, by Rothe consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac opening with a functional magnetic

opening with a functional magnetic metal snap button

) and Defence Medal (Unnamed)

Roma” in black ink

the reverse of the exterior maker marked “MAX V

Austria, Empire. A German Knight’s Order, Marian Knight's Cross, by Rothe consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac opening with a functional magnetic(Marianer Kreuz des Deutschen Ritterordens). A fine example of this decoration, in silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Latin Cross with black and white enameled arms, the obverse with a central red enameled Geneva Cross on a white enameled medallion, surrounded by a ring of black enamel bearing an inscription of ORDO TEUT HUMANITATI (TEUTONIC HUMANITARIAN ORDER), the reverse with a white enameled medallion bearing a date of 1871,