Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Leopold, Grand Cross With War Decoration (Rothe Copy) Auction Archive signed in black ink by

signed in black ink by both the Reeve and Clerk

Recognised merits include contributions to the nation made through civil service

Ferdinand accepted responsibility for the defeat and abdicated in October 1918

with a single photograph of the Führer standing in a vehicle

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Leopold, Grand Cross With War Decoration (Rothe Copy) Auction Archive signed in black ink by(sterreichisch kaiserlicher Leopold Orden). Instituted on 8 January 1808 by Franz I of Austria. Post 1945 Manufacture by 1945. Constructed of silver, a Grand Cross sash badge consisting of a four armed cross with red and white enameled arms, obverse centre presenting raised initials F I A (For Franciscus Imperator Austriae) in gilt lettering, circumscribed an enameled white border inscribed by INTEGRITATI ET MERITO (For Integrity And Merit), reverse