Austria, Imperial. A German Knight’s Order, Marian Neck Cross Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the interior of the lid

the interior of the lid is lined with padded silk and marked “C

makers label still on reverse

a laurel wreath border tied with a ribbon at the bottom

Painted in thick multicolour camouflage

in machine woven rayon

Austria, Imperial. A German Knight’s Order, Marian Neck Cross Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the interior of the lid(Marienkreuz des Deutschen Ritterordens). Instituted on March 26, 1871. (Issued 1885 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, on a loop for suspension from its period original neck