Austria, Imperial. A Military Order of Maria Theresa, Commander’s Cross, by Rothe Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the exterior bearing a dyed

the exterior bearing a dyed black inscription of “BAN- U

commanded by Colonel John Quackenbush in 1778

all post 1945

but a very rare component of the complete set

her right hand making a protective gesture towards Sulina and over the curved dykes that outline the channel leading into the Danube

Austria, Imperial. A Military Order of Maria Theresa, Commander’s Cross, by Rothe Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the exterior bearing a dyed(Militr Maria Theresien Orden, Kommandeurkreuz Museumsstck). In gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maria Theresa Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central red and white enameled medallion, within a white enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of FORTITUDINI (FOR COURAGE), the reverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a gilt monogram of Empress Maria Theresa, within a green enameled