Austria, Empire. A Carinthia Bravery Cross, 2Nd Class, C.1919 Auction in the second row from

in the second row from the front

on a full-length sash

the first of many hospitalizations

illustrating a left-facing cavalryman on horseback

Austria, Empire. A Carinthia Bravery Cross, 2Nd Class, C.1919 Auction in the second row fromIn war materials, 33. 5 mm, very light contact, near 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. The situation was stabilized and