the obverse with a finely-detailed rightward-facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard circumscribed by name and title
with a notation stating "Now Deceased"
“54” tag behind leather sweat band
Dated to Brest
the reverse bearing a raised depiction of a medieval Russian warrior clutching a sword and shield
Serbia, Kingdom. An Order of the Cross of Takovo, Knight, c. 1880. visually-hidden the obverse with a finely-detailed(Orden Takovskog krsta). Instituted in 1865. In gilded bronze, hollow centre, Maltese cross in white enamel, superimposed on a Saltire cross, the obverse centerpiece bearing the cypher of Mihailo Obrenovi IV, unmarked, but of very fine quality Austrian manufacture, circa 1900, inclusive of its sword suspension 45. 3 mm (h) x 34. 6 mm (w), near mint. ! An excellent example Footnote: The Order of the Cross of Takovo was instituted in the Principality of