Austria, Second Republic. An Order of Leopold, II. Class Commander with War Decoration, Exhibition Example, by Rothe & Neffe, c. 1980 Archive First Class: Grand Officer (limited

First Class: Grand Officer (limited to thirty recipients)

the insignia survived for a century in some form or another

Instituted in 1943 (in silvered bronze with red enamels

the obverse bearing leftward-facing profiles of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Emperor Franz Joseph

The award document consists of a large page of heavy-weight paper

Austria, Second Republic. An Order of Leopold, II. Class Commander with War Decoration, Exhibition Example, by Rothe & Neffe, c. 1980 Archive First Class: Grand Officer (limited(Kaiserlich sterreichischer Leopold Orden). Instituted January 7th, 1808. (c. 1980 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a red and white enamelled cross, the obverse medallion presenting the inscription FIA surrounded by a white ring inscribed Integritati et Merito, the reverse medallion featuring a white field inscribed opes Regum Cora Subdito Rum with the inscription surrounded by a gilded oak wreath, the cross suspended from a large