Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Iii Class With Ii Class Small Decoration, C.1918 Auction printed in black ink on

printed in black ink on a thin beige-coloured card stock

All seven airmen are buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery in Rheinberg

the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch

including a PANZERZUG Christmas in the Field 1916 cap badge

Early version

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Iii Class With Ii Class Small Decoration, C.1918 Auction printed in black ink on(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