Serbia, Kingdom. An Order Of The Cross Of Takovo, Iii Class Commander, By Karl Flaischacker, C.1900

(Orden Takovskog Krsta). Instituted in 1865. In silver gilt with red, white, blue and green enamels, cypher of Mihailo Obrenović III on the obverse, well hallmarked on below crown on integral suspension with "A" for Vienna, lions head denoting silver fineness of .750 used between 1867 - 1922, maker marked "K F" (Karl Flaischacker, Vienna) as well as on the ring, measuring 42 mm (w) x 72.5 mm (h - inclusive of its crown and laterally-pierced ball suspension),with light crazing evident in the white enamels on the arms at 9 and 12 o'clock on the obverse, chipping in the red enamels on the reverse centrepiece, on its mid 20th Century neck ribon, very fine.

Footnote: The Order of the Cross of Takovo was instituted in the Principality of Serbia in 1865 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, which had started in Takovo, Serbia. The decree that established the Cross and Silver Medal was signed on May 22, 1865 by Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia. The Order was suppressed in 1903.

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