Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Iii Class With Ii Class Small Decoration, C.1918 Auction obverse illustrating a helmeted soldier

obverse illustrating a helmeted soldier holding a rifle in his hands at the waist

Measuring 205 mm (w) x 153 mm (h)

and Royal Canadian Engineers (blue embroidered lettering on red felt

including a PANZERZUG Christmas in the Field 1916 cap badge

With the obsolescence of cavalry evident at the outbreak of the war

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Iii Class With Ii Class Small Decoration, C.1918 Auction obverse illustrating a helmeted soldier(Kaiserlicher Orden der Eisernen Krone). Instituted in 1805. Type III. (1860 1918). Military Division. presenting a double headed eagle sharing a single large crown with a sword and orb clutched in the talons, above a yellow, red and green enamelled Lombardy crown, the obverse presents a blue enamelled shield inscribed F., a military decoration of a green enamelled wreath sits below the talons and along the wings, the reverse shield bears the year