Austria, Empire. An Order of the Golden Fleece, Made by Rothe, c. 1970 Archive with stamped face plate affixed

with stamped face plate affixed by 4 tabs

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

A total of 1940 presented between 1931 and 1942

and with two gilt bronze buttons

Austria, Empire. An Order of the Golden Fleece, Made by Rothe, c. 1970 Archive with stamped face plate affixedInstituted 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