Austria, Empire. An Iron Crown Order, Iii Class, C.1820 Auction measuring 45 mm x 45

measuring 45 mm x 45 mm

and sweatband

and between July 1941 and January 1942

(Waffen-SS Schiffchen)

a slotted purple felt medal bed

Austria, Empire. An Iron Crown Order, Iii Class, C.1820 Auction measuring 45 mm x 45Type I, measuring 25. 4 mm x 46. 0 mm, constructed of silver, covered completely with thin plate of Gold (not gold plated), centers enameled, crown below partially enameled, slightly worn, in very fine condition and very rare. Footnote: this method of covering silver (other metals) in thin sheet of gold was achieved by artisan slowly hammering thin sheet of gold around the object until the gold covering took a shape of the object; needless to say, a