Austria, Empire. A German Knight’s Order, Marian Knight's Cross, by Rothe Auction Archive in gilt bronzed metal (magnetic)

in gilt bronzed metal (magnetic)

(Wehrmacht Dienstauszeichnung Ordensschnalle)

the other with a black wool base and black paper backer

3 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced integral suspension

the plate is marked “H BANK RIGA”

Austria, Empire. A German Knight’s Order, Marian Knight's Cross, by Rothe Auction Archive in gilt bronzed metal (magnetic)(Marianer Kreuz des Deutschen Ritterordens). A fine example of this decoration, in silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Latin Cross with black and white enameled arms, the obverse with a central red enameled Geneva Cross on a white enameled medallion, surrounded by a ring of black enamel bearing an inscription of ORDO TEUT HUMANITATI (TEUTONIC HUMANITARIAN ORDER), the reverse with a white enameled medallion bearing a date of 1871,