Commander’s Cross with Swords (Military Division)
silver "CINA 1900-1901" clasp on its original ribbon
measuring 28 (w) x 42 mm (h)
however during the War no badges were issued to them (although the plan existed early on
the two wider ones below housing five medals each
Serbia, Kingdom. An Order of the Cross of Takovo, IV Class, c.1900 visually-hidden Commander’s Cross with Swords (Military( Orden Takovskog Krsta). Instituted May 22, 1865. In bronze gilt, a white enamel cross with a silver gilt cross in the quadrants, and a green enamel wreath around the exterior, the obverse medallion presents the cypher of Mihailo Obrenovi IV, the reverse with Serbian insignia on a red enamel field, measures 34. 6 mm (w) x 53. 2 mm (h), worn on original ribbon with large rosette, light wear, reverse of ribbon has been glued closed, remains in very