Austria, Imperial. A Military Order of Maria Theresa, Commander’s Cross, by Rothe United Republic of A late-issue example displaying the

A late-issue example displaying the hallmarks of material scarcity and declining quality standards consistent with the closing months of the war

An Order of Merit

including a 1916 Railway Torchbearer badge

one by the cockpit

Austria, Imperial. A Military Order of Maria Theresa, Commander’s Cross, by Rothe United Republic of A late-issue example displaying the(Militr Maria Theresien Orden, Kommandeurkreuz Museumsstck). In gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maria Theresa Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central red and white enameled medallion, within a white enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of FORTITUDINI (FOR COURAGE), the reverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a gilt monogram of Empress Maria Theresa, within a green enameled