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Serbia -White Eagle Order 1st Class Cross

Serbia -White Eagle Order 1st Class Cross

Serbia -White Eagle Order 1st Class Cross

LOT 62-0366
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DESCRIPTion, DETaILS & Photos
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PERIOD until 1918
COUNTRY Serbia 1870 - 1918
MATERIAL silver
DIMENSIONS 91.3 x 46.7 mm
MAKER
WEIGHT
US LOT 62-0366
EAN 4000000012734
US LOT 62-0366
PERIOD until 1918
COUNTRY Serbia 1870 - 1918
EAN 4000000012734
MATERIAL silver
DIMENSIONS 91.3 x 46.7 mm
MAKER
WEIGHT
PERIOD until 1918
COUNTRY Serbia 1870 - 1918
US LOT 62-0366
MATERIAL silver
DIMENSIONS 91.3 x 46.7 mm
EAN 4000000012734
MAKER
WEIGHT
Serbia 1870 - 1918
Serbia -White Eagle Order 1st Class Cross


Description

This 1st Class Cross is made from gilded silver and enamel. No visible maker’s marks. Almost mint condition. Cross was very likely made by the Swiss manufacturer Huguenin Frères and puts it after WWI.

King Milan I of Serbia instituted the Order of the White Eagle on January 23, 1883, concurrently with the Order of St. Sava. The Order had five classes and was awarded to Serbian and Yugoslav citizens for achievements in peace or war, or for special merits to the Crown, the state and nation. In the period between 1883 and 1898 Order of the White Eagle was the highest award in the Kingdom of Serbia. In 1898 the Royal Order of Miloš the Great took precedence over the White Eagle and in 1904 the former was replaced by the Order of Karađorđe's Star.

After his accession to the throne in 1903, King Peter I of Serbia continued awarding the Order of the White Eagle, but the reverse of the medallion had the year of the proclamation of the Kingdom (1882) instead of the cipher of Milan I.

The white eagle with wings displayed was re-established as the State Arms of Serbia, symbol descended from the Emperors of Byzantium. The order had a War Merit Division, with crossed swords between the Royal Crown and eagle's heads, that was introduced in 1915, and conferred for conspicuous bravery of the officers in the field.

The ceased to exist in 1945.


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Seller
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