Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Collar With Badge (Rothe Copy) Auction Archive 98 mm x 30

98 mm x 30

Masthead inscribed "Deutsche Reichspost"

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1870 in Strachwitzthal

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Collar With Badge (Rothe Copy) Auction Archive 98 mm x 30(Orden der Eisernen Krone). Instituted February 12, 1816 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. A Post 1945 Manufactured Rothe Copy. A bronze gilt collar, likely of Rothe manufacturing, composed of thirty six total links, alternating between an oval laurel wreath, a crown detailed with red, green and white enamels, and FP (Franciscus Primus), the reverse of each link mirrors the obverse except for the FP links which present detailed hand engraved lines and cross