Austria, Empire. An Order of the Golden Fleece, Made by Rothe, c. 1970 Archive exceeded only by St

exceeded only by St

and Antarctic Service Medal (in bronze gilt

consisting of 1) An Iron Cross 1914 ribbon

measuring 41 mm (w) x 67 mm (h) inclusive of its crown and laterally-pierced ball suspension

the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) tag with an illegible maker’s code and serial number of “049699”

Austria, Empire. An Order of the Golden Fleece, Made by Rothe, c. 1970 Archive exceeded only by StInstituted in 1430. In bronze, heavily gilt, form of a limp fleece held around its middle by a belt, on red ribbon, inclusive of loop measures 52. 1 mm (h) x 26. 9 mm (w), near mint condition. Footnote: The Order of the Golden Fleece is a Roman Catholic order of chivalry founded in Bruges by the Burgundian duke Philip the Good in 1430. Today, two branches of the Order exist, namely the Spanish and the Austrian Fleece; the current grand masters are