Austria, Empire. A German Knight’s Order, Marian Knight's Cross, by Rothe consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the reverse of the exterior

the reverse of the exterior maker marked “MAX V

(Wehrmacht R36 Entfernungsmesser)

the cap is flanked on each side by silvered pebbled buttons holding in place a decorative chinstrap constructed of braided and twisted silver aluminum bullion wire

along with a set of two downward-pointing hooks for attachment to a uniform

opening with a functional magnetic metal snap button

Austria, Empire. A German Knight’s Order, Marian Knight's Cross, by Rothe consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the reverse of the exterior(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,