Austria, Imperial. An Order of Leopold, Knight’s Cross with Swords Hold suspended from a cord constructed

suspended from a cord constructed of black rayon and bearing a central machine-embroidered red band flanked on each side by silver aluminum wire tresses

stamped with the maker GLASER UND SOHN

Alabama and made his home in Birmingham

two tiny spots of red paint on the obverse

Austria, Imperial. An Order of Leopold, Knight’s Cross with Swords Hold suspended from a cord constructed(sterreichisch kaiserlicher Leopold Orden). Instituted 1808. Type III. (1861 1918). Civil Division. In bronze gilt, 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 gilt wreath, the badge is suspended from a large crown with an interior red