Austria, Second Republic. An Order of Leopold, II. Class Commander with War Decoration, Exhibition Example, by Rothe & Neffe, c. 1980 Archive "Au Merite" Merit Medal

"Au Merite" Merit Medal

the insignia survived for a century in some form or another

there were four D Class

0mm(w) x 58

Austria, Second Republic. An Order of Leopold, II. Class Commander with War Decoration, Exhibition Example, by Rothe & Neffe, c. 1980 Archive "Au Merite" Merit Medal(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