Austria, Imperial. A Karl Troop Cross, Private Purchase With Gold Laurels Newly Listed 81 mm x 48

81 mm x 48

44mm x51mm

He was the leader in all Olympic Games from 1936 to 1994

with polished high lights

Austria, Imperial. A Karl Troop Cross, Private Purchase With Gold Laurels Newly Listed 81 mm x 48(Karl Truppenkreuz). Instituted on 13 December 1916. A rare and possibly unique cross featuring a zink cross patte with privately added Gold laurel wreath, the obverse bears the Latin inscription GRATI PRINCEPS ET PATRIA CAROLVS IMP. ET REX (A GRATEFUL PRINCE AND COUNTRY, KARL EMPEROR AND KING), the reverse presents the Austrian and Hungarian Imperial crowns above the letter C, with the inscription VITAM ET SANGVINEM (WITH LIFE AND BLOOD), and the