Austria, Empire. A 1813-1814 Army Cross Newly Listed Wissam al-Istikal

Wissam al-Istikal

Halifax Rifles Cap Badge (in bronze

but fit for work

Constructed of golden-yellow wool with a buckram core

Austria, Empire. A 1813-1814 Army Cross Newly Listed Wissam al-Istikal(Armeekreuz 1813 1814) Instituted 1814. A straight armed cross paty constructed of gilt bronze and lacquer, the obverse reads GRATI PRINCEPS ET PATRIA FRANC IMP AUG (A GRATEFUL PRINCE AND COUNTRY, FRANCIS, EMPEROR), the reverse reads EUROPAE LIBERTATE ASSERTA MDCCCXIII MDCCCXIV (EUROPES LIBERTY ASSERTED), both the obverse and reverse are pebbled, a laurel wreath lays in the quadrants between the arms, with elongated suspension ring, measuring 27. 50