Austria Hungary WWI Imperial Order of the Iron Crown III Class Knight with War Decoration & Crossed Swords

Austro–Hungarian Empire: Imperial Order of 
the Iron Crown, Knight of 3rd Class, with War
Decoration. On ribbon with crossed swords.
The Order was initially instituted in 1805, by 
Napoleon Bonaparte on the occasion of his 
coronation with the Crown of Lombardy as 
King Napoleon I of Italy. After the fall of the 
Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, the province of 
Lombardy was restored to Austrian rule and 
the Order was re-established, in 1815, by 
Franz I - Emperor of Austria, as the Austrian 
Imperial Order of the Iron Crown - one of the 
highest orders of merit of Austria and Austria-
Hungary until 1918. All its 3 classes conferred 
automatic hereditary ennoblement (as Knight, 
Baron and Privy Councillor respectively).
The Order was abolished in 1918.
Bronze gilt example, marked with the star mark. 
A late type of the Order (WW1 period) issued 
to a combatant, for war time meritorious 
service.

FULL SIZE

WW1 1914 - 1918 

Item 100% original - ribbon original

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