Tyrol, Province. A Matricular Eagle Order, Neck Badge, by V.Mayer, c.1880

(Abzeichen der Tiroler Adelsmatrikel). Issued 1805-1918. Constructed of silver gilt, with well executed red, white, and green enamels; the obverse of the eagle with a white shield in the center of the eagle’s chest, inscribed “F.I” in black; the reverse with an identical eagle, but the shield inscribed “MT”; suspended from a laurel wreath and loop suspension, with a blue enameled knight on the suspension loop; marked with a Diana’s head for silver content, along with a partial maker mark VM for Vinc Mayer; measuring “32.10 mm (w) x 45.46 mm (h); with multiple scattered shallow flakes in the red enamels; in overall good condition.

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