Austria, Imperial. A Military Order of Maria Theresa, Commander’s Cross, Collector’s Example c. 1970 Archive Lee returned to Canada in

Lee returned to Canada in December 1945 and was honourably released from the RCAF and transferred to the Reserve

lightly to heavily blemished

with a central gilded tombak eagle clutching a mobile swastika in its talons

flanked on each side by three curved black enameled depressions

the exterior of which is overlaid by a matte black leatherette liner

Austria, Imperial. A Military Order of Maria Theresa, Commander’s Cross, Collector’s Example c. 1970 Archive Lee returned to Canada in(Militr Maria Theresien Orden, Kommandeurkreuz Museumsstck). Constructed of 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