Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Iii Class, With Lower Grade War Decoration (Rothe Copy) GTRexclude contact marks and surface wear

contact marks and surface wear on the face and chest of the figure on the reverse

of very fine quality manufacture by Viennese make C

the obverse shows the crowned royal cypher of Wilhelm I over the inscription “Dem siegreichen Heere” (“To the victorious army”)

both gorget and the chain made entirely of die stamped steel (magnetic)

Footnote: Alexander McDougall McBain was born on October 4

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Iii Class, With Lower Grade War Decoration (Rothe Copy) GTRexclude contact marks and surface wear(Orden der Eisernen Krone 3. Klasse). Instituted on 7 April 1815 by Emperor Franz I. Post 1945 Copy. A Third Class Order of the Iron Crown constructed of gilded bronze, consists of the Lombard Iron Crown presenting green, red and white enamelled jewels, on which rests the two headed Austrian eagle with sword and orb, with a blue enamelled central shield showing on the obverse the imperial initial F and on the reverse the year 1815, the shield is