Austria, Empire. A Marian Cross Of The German Knight’s Order, C.1910 Buy Now The Excelsior badges depict an

The Excelsior badges depict an American Bald Eagle clutching the Excelsior banner with “2” in the center

light contact on all

on black background

small loop at the buttonhole torn with an old attempted repair

Austria, Empire. A Marian Cross Of The German Knight’s Order, C.1910 Buy Now The Excelsior badges depict an(Mariankreuz fr Damen am Band). Instituted on March 26, 1871. (Issued 1871 1918). A silver Latin cross with black and white enameled arms, the obverse with a red enameled Geneva cross on a white field, surrounded by a black ring of enamels, inscribed ORDO TEUT HUMANITATI in capital lettering, the reverse with a similar white field, dated 1871, surrounded by a ring of black enamels, maker mark stamped on eyelet, on a loop for suspension from its period