Austria-Hungary
Order of Iron Crown 3rd Class - Knight
Final price
2 040 €
Starting price
800 €
Nominal
Order
Lot number
394
Category
Orders, Decorations and Badges
Subcategory
Orders and Decorations
Classification
Austria-Hungary
Auction number
25
Weight
23.31 g
Rarity
R
Condition obverse
gEF
Condition reverse
gEF
Author
Franz Rothe
Referencies
Marko.073
Note
Presentation variant with a war decoration without swords. The order of Habsburg was the direct successor of the Napoleonian Order of the Iron Crown founded by Napoleon I. After the battle at Waterloo in 1815 Austria took over the reign over Lombardy-Venice in the North of Italy and its Emperor Francis I renewed on 1st January 1816 The Order of the Iron Crown. Until 1884 the members of the Order were raised into nobility as well and the first class of this order was connected with the title of a secret counsellor and the excellency, the second class of this order meant the right to the title of a baron and the third class made it possible to be raised a knight.
