Army cross, 1813-1814.

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    Vienna, Hapsburg Monarchy
    1814
    Brass, forged
    diameter of the cross arms 27 mm

    The Emperor Francis I founded the cross in 1814 in memory of the victory over Napoleon.

    A cross with equal arms that become narrower in the centre. A laurel wreath is placed between the arms of the cross. Obverse: inscription in the arms of the cross: GRATI / PRINCEPS ET PATRIA / FRANC. / IMP. AUG. Reverse: inscription in the arms of the cross: EUROPAE / LIBERTATE ASSERTA / MDCCCXIII / MDCCCXIV.

    The cross was awarded to Mijat Sabljar as lieutenant of a banal regiment in 1814 in Dubrovnik.

    B. Prister, Odlikovanja, Zagreb, 1984, pages 27-28.


    HPM/PMH-000847


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