Last night I was looking at other contemporary examples of Austrian knight’s robes after seeing this post and found this example for robes of the Order of the Iron Crown of Lombardy (ca. 1815). The source said that the star embroidered on the chest indicated a rank of Knight I, so I inferred that the brooch of seemingly a very similar design would indicate the same. It might just be coincidence, though.
Last night I was looking at other contemporary examples of Austrian knight’s robes after seeing this post and found this example for robes of the Order of the Iron Crown of Lombardy (ca. 1815). The source said that the star embroidered on the chest indicated a rank of Knight I, so I inferred that the brooch of seemingly a very similar design would indicate the same. It might just be coincidence, though.