Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Golden Fleece In Gold, Neck Badge, By Friedrich Rothe, C.1880 United Republic of Oval shaped bronze-finished metal alloy

Oval shaped bronze-finished metal alloy

soiling on the ribbon

with a dark blue wool backer

reverse inscribed in the centre "L'AMBASSADE DE S

Regular Army on July 1

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Golden Fleece In Gold, Neck Badge, By Friedrich Rothe, C.1880 United Republic of Oval shaped bronze-finished metal alloy(Ritterorden vom Goldenen Vlies). Instituted on 10 January 1429. A Gold neck badge, consisting of a heraldic rams fleece facing right, suspended from a black slate coloured enamel flint, on either side of the flint are red enamelled flames, attached to a partially enamelled decorative link in the form a fire steel, this shows, in relief, a portrayal of Jason fighting the dragon and, above it, the device PRAETIUM LABORUM NON VILE (NO MEAN REWARD FOR