Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Leopold, Commander Cross With Lower Grade War Decoration (Rothe Copy) United Republic of Construction Engineering Tech

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which themselves are experiencing slight discoloration

brass name plate in the upper right corner inscribed "Zur Erinnerung an das Kriegsjahr 1943 Vannes

achieving the ranks of Air Mechanic

encircled by a blue-enamelled riband bearing an inscription in Old Church Slavonic meaning “For Faith

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Leopold, Commander Cross With Lower Grade War Decoration (Rothe Copy) United Republic of Construction Engineering Tech(sterreichisch kaiserlicher Leopold Orden). Instituted on 8 January 1808 by Franz I of Austria. Post 1945 Copy. A Commander Cross, constructed of gilded bronze with red and white enamels, the obverse centre presenting the initials F I A, circumscribed by INTEGRITATI ET MERITO (FOR INTEGRITY AND MERIT), reverse centre with motto of Leopold II OPES REGUM CORDA SUBDITORUM (THE POWER OF RULERS LIES IN THE HEARS OF THEIR SUBJECTS), within a golden wreath