An Austrian Carinthian General Cross For Bravery; 2Nd Class 1918-1919 Auction food and workshops

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Original naming has been erased with a "G" faintly visible to the left of the re-impressed "SPECIMEN"

Commander's -  Type 1

A German Imperial Service Pair

48 mm x 70 mm)

An Austrian Carinthian General Cross For Bravery; 2Nd Class 1918-1919 Auction food and workshopsSilvered war materials, 32. 7 mm, replacement ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted on November 4, 1919 by the Krntner Freiheitskmpf (Carinthian Freedom Fighters), a paramilitary organization set up by former soldiers in the chaos following the end of the First World War, to maintain order and in particular, to resist the incursion into southern Carinthia of Yugoslav forces seeking its annexation. In the event, the situation was