Austria, Imperial. An Order of Leopold, Knights Cross in Gold with War Decoration, by Rothe, c.1915 Hold Silver Grade - Fine quality

Silver Grade - Fine quality badge in silvered tombac

measuring 58 mm (w) x 44 mm (l)

(Waffen-SS Armband)

Sir George Edmund Hodgkinson was a Shipowner and Insurance Agent by trade at 74 Cornwill and was formerly in partnership with the late Sir John Pirie

Hill 204 referred to on the suspension was a crucial position taken by American forces

Austria, Imperial. An Order of Leopold, Knights Cross in Gold with War Decoration, by Rothe, c.1915 Hold Silver Grade - Fine quality(sterreichisch kaiserlicher Leopold Orden). Instituted 1808. Type III. (1861 1918). In Gold, a beautiful red and white enamelled cross, the obverse medallion presenting the inscription FIA surrounded by a white ring inscribed INTEGRITATI ET MERITO, the reverse medallion features a white field inscribed OPES REGUM CORA SUBDITO RUM, surrounded by a Gold wreath, the badge is suspended from a large crown with an interior red enamelled cap, a green